They are represented as parallel lines

They are represented as parallel lines

Y5 AUT2 – Go With the Flow Knowledge Organiser Key Geography Vocabulary:

bank- side of a river channel. A river has two banks.

channel - gap that water can flow through.

confluence - when two or more bodies or water meet together.

delta - deposit of sand or mud, usually at river mouth.

erosion - process of being slowly worn away by wind or water.

estuary - wide mouth of the river where it meets the sea.

floodplain - area of flat land either side of a river, likely to flood.

glacier - slowly moving river of ice formed by snow on mountains.

gorge - narrow valley with steep, rocky walls located between hills or mountains.

groundwater - precipitation (rain) that soaks into the ground.

levee - bank that stops a river overflowing or flooding.

meander - bend or winding curve in a river.

mouth - end of the river (where the river meets the sea).

ox-bow lake - small lake formed by a meandering river.

precipitation - rain, snow or sleet that falls to the ground.

rapids - fast-flowing and turbulent part of the course of a river.

reservoir - lake created by humans for storing water.

source - beginning of a river.

spring - groundwater that comes up to the surface.

stream - small, narrow river.

tributary - stream that joins a larger stream or river.

valley - low area of land between hills or mountains, usually with a river or stream flowing through it.

waterfall - water falling from a height, formed when a river or stream flows over a steep incline.

Key Ideas

Stalactite and Stalagmite Formation

The Three Stages of a River

River Features

permeable rock

crack in rock

water

straw stalactite

stalactite

stalagmite

column

Y5 AUT2 – Go With the Flow Knowledge Organiser

Continent: Europe Source: Kemble Continent: Europe Source: Swiss Alps Continent: Asia Source: Kunlun Mts Length: 346 kms Mouth: North Sea Length: 1,232 kms Mouth: North Sea Length: 6,240 kms Mouth: Yellow Sea

Continent: Africa Source: Lake Victoria Continent: N. America Source: Lake Itasca Continent: S. America Source: Andes Mts Length: 6,695 kms Mouth: Mediterranean Sea Length: 6,020 kms Mouth: Gulf of Mexico Length: 6,400 kms Mouth: Atlantic Ocean

Key Rivers

Yangtze (Chang Jiang)

Amazon

Thames Rhine

MississippiNile