Rivers Dictionary

Source:

Mouth:

Channel:

Meander:

Waterfall:

Rapids:

Drainage basin:

Watershed:

Tributary:

Confluence:

Evaporation:

Transpiration:

Precipitation:

Interception:

Infiltration:

Percolation:
Surface runoff
(overland flow):

Surface storage:

Throughflow:

Groundwater Flow:

Groundwater
Storage:

Soil Moisture
Storage:

Hydrological Cycle
(water cycle):

Transfers:

Stores:

Outputs:

Inputs:

Velocity:

Discharge:

Saltation:

Attrition:

Hydraulic action:
Corrasion
(abrasion):

Corrosion:

Deposition:

V-Shaped Valleys:

Interlocking spurs:

Ox-bow Lakes:

Deltas:

Floodplains:

Levees:

Thalweg:

River Cliff:

Slip-off slope:

Saturated:

Water Table:

Stem Flow:

Wetted Perimeter:

Open System i.e.

drainage basin:

Closed System i.e.

hydrological cycle:

Long Profile:

Bed:

Bank:

(Bed)load:

Unsaturated:

Alluvium:

Distributary:

Saltation:

Suspension:

Solution:

Flood barrier:

FAP:

Strand line:

Bluff line: