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Rivers Test

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What is attrition?
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What are the features of the lower course of a river?
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What is hydraulic action?
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What is traction?
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What is saltation?
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What is suspension?
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What is solution?
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What are the features of the upper course of a river?
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load itself broken down further as particles bounce off each other and become smooth and rounded
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power of the moving water erodes the bed and banks of the river
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-ox bow lakes -flood plains -deltas -levees
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small particles held up in water - movement of river is fast enough for them not to drop to bed
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large pebbles and stones rolled along river bed by force of moving water
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-v shaped valley -interlocking spurs -waterfalls
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water dissolves some of the minerals
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small pebbles bounced along river bed
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What are the features of the middle course of a river?
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broken material (from hydraulic action) carried by river (known as load) is thrown against bed and banks of river. Wears bed and banks further

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