Rivers_Grade 6

• Arab
• Secondary Education

Rivers

Characteristics of River

Characteristics

1. The rivers can change with time and location/space.
2. They are dynamic(shape and amount of water changes).
3. Snow fed rivers are perennial.
   
4. Many places depend on the river water for domestic activities.
   
5. Rivers contribute to formation of landforms!(Let's think!)

Name a landform formed by river

Estuaries

• The mouth of the river where it broadens and gets into the sea is called as Estuary.
• Estuary is tidal. It has sea water at high tide and freshwater at low tide.

What is this?

Delta

• Delta is a fan shaped structure formed at the mouth of the river.
• Highly unstable and changing