Geography Lesson 5, Meanders - Flashcards in GCSE Geography

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Over time meanders start to migrate across the valley floor, they start to erode towards each other until the neck completely narrows or breaks creating a flood which creates a... (5, 4)
The line of fastest flow (velocity) within the river. It swings from side to side causing erosion on the outside bend and deposition on the inside bend. (7)
Where streams carry coarse sediment they may develop an alternating sequence of shallow, fast- flowing sections, and deeper slower moving sections called ... (5)
Where streams carry coarse sediment they may develop an alternating sequence of shallow, fast- flowing sections. (7)
Wide bends of a river found mainly in the middle and lower course of the river. (7)

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