basin, bowl-shaped area of land surrounded by higher land, bay, inlet of the sea or of some other body of water, usually smaller than a gulf, channel, deepest part of a body of water, delta, triangle-shaped area of land at the mouth of a river, gulf, part of a sea or ocean extending into the land, usually larger than a bay, mesa, flat-topped mountain with steep sides (larger than a butte), mountain range, chain of mountains, mouth of river, place where a river empties into another body of water, plain, area of flat or gently rolling low land, plateau, area of high, mostly flat land, sea level, level of the surface of an ocean or a sea, source of river, place where a river begins, tributary, stream or river that flows into a larger stream or river, cataracts, steep stretches of river rapids, estuary, coastal area where fresh and salt water mix (brackish!), meander, a bend or curve in the river, oxbow lake, a curved lake formed when a river cuts off a meander, floodplain, flat, arable land beside a river, riverbank, land along either side of a river, riverbed, the bottom of a river channel, a raised ridge of soil deposited by a river that helps keep floodwater from spreading, levee

River Landforms

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