Rivers
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- Created on: 17-05-19 11:32
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- Rivers
- Fluvial Processes
- Deposition
- Caused by decreasing velocity
- Transportation
- Solution
- Suspenion
- Saltaion
- Traction
- Fluvial Erosion
- Hydraulic Action
- Abrasion
- Attrition
- Solution
- Deposition
- Management Strategies
- Hard Engineering
- Dams and Reservoirs
- Channel Straightening
- Embankments
- Flood Relief Channels
- Soft Engineering
- Flood Warnings
- Floodplain Zoning
- Planting Trees
- River Restoration
- Hard Engineering
- Courses
- Upper Course
- Gradient- Steep
- V-shaped valley, steep sides. Narrow, shallow channel
- Medium Course
- Gradient- Medium
- Gently sloping valley sides. Wider, deeper channel
- Lower Course
- Gradient- Lower
- Very wide, almost flat valley. Very wide, deep channel
- Long Profiles
- Shows you how the gradient changes over the different course
- Cross Profiles
- Shows you what a cross-section of the river looks like
- Upper Course
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