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Across 4. The dissolving of certain types of rock such as chalk by rainwater 5. A vertical drop in the course of a river 6. Water stored in the soil 10. The middle section of the river 12. A body of water formed when a wide meander if cut off from the main river 13. A rock that doesn't allow water to pass through it 14. Water released through leaves of plants 16. A bend in the river 18. Occurs in the upper course of the river to deepen the channel and form a v-shaped valley 20. When coarse material deposited by a river flooding forms small embankments alongsider the river 24. The first part of the river 25. When larger load carried by the river hits the bed and banks causing bits to break off 26. When the river doesn't have enough energy to carry the load so leaves it behind 27. The time it takes from the peak rainfall for the water to reach peak discharge 28. When the load carried by the river knocks into other parts of the load, causing bits to break off 29. The flat area of land over which a river meanders 30. The last part of the river

Down 1. The material deposited and left behind after the river has flooded 2. The power of the volume of water moving in the river 3. The movement of small rocks along the river bed by bouncing them 7. Water soaking from the surface into the soil 8. The time at which rainfall is heaviest 9. A rock that allows water to pass through it 11. Takes place in the lower and middle couse and causes the river to widen 15. The amount of water that is in a river 17. When the pores in the soil are full of water 19. Water that has been stopped from reaching the ground by trees and plants 21. When fine material is carried withing the water 22. Water filtering into the rocks from the soil 23. A graph showing the change in rainfall and river discharge over a period of time