Rivers quiz
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What term describes a smaller river or stream that flows into a larger main river?
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What force pulls river water toward the ocean?
Answer: Gravity
Why: As water flows downhill, gravity steadily converts its potential energy into kinetic energy that can carve rock.
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What sediment deposit forms on the inside bend of a meandering river?
Answer: Point bar
Why: Slower water on the inside curve drops sediment to form a point bar, while faster water erodes the opposing bank.
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Which river basin is home to one in ten known species?
Answer: Amazon Basin
Why: A WWF survey of 2014 and 2015 counted 381 species new to science here, about one discovery every other day.
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What fast, rocky river sections create white water?
Answer: Rapids
Why: Harder rock layers in a riverbed resist erosion, creating steep drops that churn fast water into white rapids.
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Which Colombian river is known for appearing in five different colors?
Answer: Caño Cristales
Why: The red comes from a riverweed, Macarenia clavigera, which colours the bed only from about June to November each year.
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Which river was granted the same legal rights as a human by an act of parliament?
Answer: Whanganui River
Why: New Zealand's 2017 Te Awa Tupua Act gave the river two guardians, one chosen by Maori iwi and one by the Crown, to speak for it.
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