RIVER PROCESSES 0.0 / 5 ? GeographyWater and riversGCSEAQA Created by: EveCreated on: 28-03-13 20:15 What type of river erosion is it where rocks are carried along by the river, in turn wearing down the bed and banks? Hydraulic Action 1 of 12 How does solution erosion take place? Soluble particles are dissolved into the river and slowly wear away the banks 2 of 12 What type of river transport bounces small pebbles and stones along the river bed? Saltation 3 of 12 How does transport by solution work? Minerals are dissolved in the water and carried along by the flow 4 of 12 What is suspension? A type of transportation that occurs in a river involving fine, light material. 5 of 12 What is attrition? A form of erosion in a river where rocks being carried by the river smash together to create, smaller, smoother and rounder particles 6 of 12 What is it called when rocks being carried by the river gradually wear down the river bed and banks? Abrasion 7 of 12 What occurs in the suspension process and is it an erosion or transportation process? A transportation process where fine, light material is carried along in the water 8 of 12 When energy levels in a river are very high... ...large rocks and boulders can be transported 9 of 12 Energy levels in a river and normally higher... ...during times of flood and near a river's source 10 of 12 At the mouth of a river, when enters a lake or sea... ...the velocity drops and its energy levels are lowest 11 of 12 Deposition occurs when... ...a river loses energy 12 of 12
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