River Procesess and Landforms
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| Abrasion | wearing away of riverbed and sides when particles carried by river erode the sides
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| attrition | stones become rounded by hitting off each other
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| v-shaped Valley | valley has steep sides and a narrow floor
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| interlocking spurs | flowing water goes around hard rock -erosion occurs on the outside of a bend this forms this feature
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| waterfalls | vertical fall in a river
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| Hydraulic Action | force of moving water that breaks up rock over time
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| flood plain | fine material deposits build up to form a level plain
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| meanders | as the river slows down this causes it to swing from side to side and forms this feature
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| ox-bow lakes | meanders form a loop so only a narrow neck of land separates their outer banks in heavy flood the river cuts through this neck leaving the loop as a cut off river deposits seal up the cut off forming this feature
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| deltas | when a river deposits its load as it enters the sea often triangular in shape
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| levees | high banks along the river's channel formed from river deposits -old stage
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| floods | rivers overflow their banks
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| stages in a river | young, mature , old
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| source | place where a river begins
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| tributary | a river that joins a larger one
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| confluence | place where rivers join
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| mouth of a river | place where a river enters a lake or sea
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| estuary | part of a river's course that iastidal
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| basin | entire area drained by a river and its tributaries
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| watershed | high ground that separates one river from another
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| suspension | particles are lifted and carried by the river water
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| saltation | particles are bounced along the river bed
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| traction | large stones are dragged along the river bed
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| solution | some minerals such as calcium carbonate are dissolved in the water
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