Rivers Trivia

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A river delta commonly forms where a river does what?

Answer: Enters a larger body of water

Bonus fact: Deltas form where sediment is deposited as a river slows near its mouth.

A floodplain is flat land beside what?

Answer: River

Bonus fact: Floodplains are periodically inundated.

Why are many floodplains fertile?

Answer: Floods deposit nutrient-rich sediment

Bonus fact: Fine alluvium can enrich soils.

What is a human-built embankment designed to reduce river flooding called?

Answer: Levee

Bonus fact: Levees confine high water to channels.

The Amazon is best known as a major what?

Answer: River

Bonus fact: The Amazon carries more water than any other river.

The Amazon River flows mainly through which country?

Answer: Brazil

Bonus fact: Most of the river's length lies in Brazil.

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