River Landforms
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- Created on: 11-01-14 23:17
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- River Landforms
- By Erosion
- Potholes: Small circular hollows in the river bed.
- Meanders: Large sweeping curves in river's middle and lower course.
- Waterfalls: Sudden fall of water where there is a rapid change of gradient in the river course.
- Rapids: A bit like mini waterfalls.
- Oxbow Lakes: Isolated loop from developed meander.
- By Deposition
- Braiding: Several subdivided channels created by deposition blockage.
- Deltas: Deposited sediment at the mouth of the river - Creating different distributaries.
- Bird's Foot: Narrow lines of sediment creating a fan shape.
- Cuspate: Sediments evenly spread-Arrow shaped.
- Arcuate: Rounded in a convex shape.
- Estuarine: Sediment fills up bay up to headland.
- Levees: Naturally raised embankments created when river overflows.
- By Erosion
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