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What is the name of the beginning of a river?

Source

Water vapour cools, condenses and changes into tiny droplets of water in the air. What is this process called?

Condensation

Water evaporates from the trees into the air. What is this process called?

Transpiration

What is the name of a river or stream that flows into a larger river?

tributary

The wearing away of land by wind, moving water or ice. What is it called?

Erosion

What shape usually do river deltas have?

Tringular

What is the longest river in South America?

The River Amazon

What is the name of the natural cycle in which water travels from the earth to the atmosphere and back again?

The water cycle

What is the narrowest part of a river called?

defile

Water moves from the land to the oceans and seas. What is this process called?

Accumulation

Water moves from the oceans and seas to the air. What is this process called?

Evapouration

What is the name of the area where a river meets the sea or ocean?

Estuary

What is the the name of the end of a river, where it empties into a large body of water?

Estuary

What makes the water turn into vapour?

the sun's heat

What is the name of the a stagnant lake that forms alongside a river after the river changes course?

Oxbow lake

Dropping mud, sand and pebbles when moving water is slowed down. What is it called?

Deposition

Water falls from the air to the land. What is this process called?

Precipitation

What is the longest river in Africa?

The River Nile