Rivers

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What is a bend in a river called?
Meander
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What happens on the outside of a meander?
Deposition
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What happens on the inside of a meander?
Erosion
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What is the begining of a river called?
The source
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What is formed on the outside of a meander?
Slip off slope
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What is formed on the inside of a meander?
River cliff
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What is the first course of a river?
Upper course
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What is a man made lake called?
Reservoir
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What is the last course of a river?
Lower
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What is the other course of a river?
Middle
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What course are meanders common in?
Middle
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What can a Meander form into through erosion?
Ox-bow lake
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What is the river channel like in the upper course?
Narrow, v-shaped
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What is the river channel like in the middle course?
wider
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What is the river channel like in the lower course?
wide and flat
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What happens on the outside of a meander?

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Deposition

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What is the begining of a river called?

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What is formed on the outside of a meander?

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