What are the key features of a Drainage Basin?

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What are the key features of a Drainage Basin? Year 10 River Pressures and Processes Edexcel B Geography

What are the key features of a Drainage Basin? Learning Objectives: To know and understand the key terminology for drainage basin morphology; To be resilient and reflective in your learning.

Confluence: the point at which a river and a tributary meet. Source: the start of a river. Usually high up in the hills the origin of which is normally a stream Watershed: An area of land drained by a river and its tributaries. Tributary: a small stream / channel that flows off the main river. River Mouth: The end of the river where the river meets the sea. Sometimes this can result in a delta.

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The Long Profile from source to mouth http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZESqArkXp9Q&feature=related

Consolidation Activity Write a paragraph explaining what happens to water as it travels from river source to river mouth. What happens to the shape and speed of the river during this journey.