Year 4 Rivers

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 2. The higher of two berths (5)
  2. 5. Abstaining from food (4)
  3. 8. An area that is approximately central within some larger region (6)
  4. 9. A ___ strait connecting two bodies of water (6)
  5. 11. A steep descent of the ___ of a river (9)
  6. 13. A bend or curve, as in a stream or river (7)
  7. 14. Clear liquid we drink that falls as rain (5)

Down

  1. 1. The place where something begins, where it springs into being (6)
  2. 3. A part of a river where the current is very fast (plural) (6)
  3. 4. The time interval between the deposit of a check in a bank and its payment (5)
  4. 6. A branch that flows into the main stream (9)
  5. 7. A land mass that projects well above its surroundings (plural) (9)
  6. 10. Not moving quickly (4)
  7. 11. Having great extent from one side to the other (4)
  8. 12. A division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land (3)
  9. 13. The point where a stream issues into a larger body of water (5)