What is a river?
Q: What is a river?
A: A river is a stream of water that flows through a channel on the surface of the ground.
Q: What is the passage where the river flows called?
A: The passage where the river flows is called the river bed.
Q: What is the earth on each side of the river called?
A: The earth on each side of the river is called a river bank.
Q: How does a river flow from high ground to the lower ground?
A: A river flows from high ground to the lower ground, because of gravity.
Q: Where does a river begin?
A: A river begins on high ground or in hills or mountains.
Q: How does a river's size change as it flows?
A: A river begins as a small stream, and gets bigger the farther it flows.
Q: What causes a river to get bigger as it flows?
A: A river gets bigger as it flows because it collects water from streams, brooks, and other sources along the way.
