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Tiny grooves that form streams are called:
a) gullies
b) rivulets
c) puddles
d) rills

High ground between drainage basins:
a) add
b) divide
c) multiply
d) subtract

This is sometimes called the headwaters:
a) river bend
b) river source
c) river mouth
d) river rapids

A smaller river that joins a larger river:
a) tributary
b) alluvial fan
c) peninsula
d) bay

A bend in the river:
a) wrist
b) elbow
c) meander
d) turn

Land area from which a river and its tributaries collect water:
a) ecosystem
b) watershed
c) delta
d) drainage basin

What watershed is Chesterfield County?
a) James
b) Potomac
c) York
d) Yadkin

Three factors shown on a topographic map:
a) elevation, relief, slope
b) elevation, relief, vegetation
c) elevation, streets, water
d) air masses, fronts, precipitation

Where would a river most likely have cooler temperatures?
a) near the mouth
b) near the source
c) in a meander
d) in an oxbow lake

A region draining into a river, river system, or body of water, that supplies an area is a:
a) watershed
b) delta
c) ecosystem
d) drainage basin

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