THE WEARING AWAY OF RIVERS
- Created by: tyler stedman
- Created on: 14-04-14 14:03
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- EROSION
- HYDRAULIC ACTION
- flowing water washing away any loose material on beds/banks
- Abrasion
- stones carried in the river washed into beds {wearing them away}
- Solution/corrosion
- slightly acidic river water dissolves rocks made from limestone
- Attrition
- colliding stones > broken down; smaller and rounder
- HYDRAULIC ACTION
- Solution/corrosion
- slightly acidic river water dissolves rocks made from limestone
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