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Wednesday, 20 March 2013

River and water - vocabulary lesson

Level: Advanced / C1

Think you know your geographical vocabulary?
Try this test and see how good you are!
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River and water vocabulary test
What word matches these definitions? The first letter is given.
E.g.      A low area of land between hills or mountains           valley              
1.         A very large expanse of sea                                            o                     
2.         A piece of land surrounded by water                             i                      
3.         A piece of land almost surrounded by water                 p                     
4.         Where a river starts                       s                        or   s                      
5.         Where a river enters the sea  m                 or  d                or e                   
6.         A river flowing into a larger river or lake                       t                      
7.         Where two rivers meet                                                    c                     
8.         A small river  s                       or     b                         or    c                     
9.         A river of ice                                                                     g                     
10.       The level below which the ground is saturated with water     w                    

11.       Water held underground in the soil or in rock                             g                     

12.       A body of permeable rock which can contain water                  a                     

Definitions from Oxforddictionaries.com


Answers below!




ANSWERS!

1. ocean
2. island
3. peninsula
4. source or spring
5. mouth, delta or estuary
6. tributary
7. confluence
8. stream, brook (GB) or creek (US/Aus)
9. glacier
10. water table
11. groundwater
12. aquifer

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