Erosion
When the river banks are worn away
Drainage basin
Where the river is drained
Saltation
When small rocks bounce on the river bed
Hydraulic action
When the force of the water is very strong causing the river bed to fall off
Tributary
where small stream that feeds into a river.
Attrition
When sharp rocks collide, causing them to become smoothe.
Suspension
When very small particles that flow with water
Mouth
Where the river enters the sea
Deposition
When a river loses energy and drops the material it's carrying
Abrasion
When rocks scrape against the river bank, causing rocks to erode
Source
Where the start of a river
Solution
When sediment dissolves into a river turning it into a solution
Transportation
When sediment is carried by a river
Load
which sediment is carried by a river
Watershed
Where the drainage basin ends
Traction
When stones roll on the river bed
Bedload
When particles are moved from the river bed across the river through transportation
Confluence
Where a tributary joins a river
Suspended load
Which particles carried by the river through suspension
Sediment
Which particles are carried by the river.