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Rivers Word Scramble

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Term	Definition
Erosion	wearing away of landscape
Hydraulic Action	force of moving water breaks off material from banks and bed of river
Transportation	moving or carrying of the Rivers Load
Deposition	Dropping of Rivers Load
Course	the route the river takes to the sea
watershed	the high ground that separates one river basin from another
Estuary	part of river mouth that is tidal
Youthful River	Upper Stage
Mature River	Middle Stage
Old River	Lower Stage
Attrition	material is worn down as particles bounce off each other
Solution	acids in water dissolve rocks
Features of Youthful River	Waterfall, Interlocking Spurs, V Shaped Valley
Vertical Erosion	Cutting down into riverbed
Interlocking Spurs	series of ridges that jut out from both sides of a young river valley