a river’s load is thrown, sometimes at high velocity, against the bed and banks, wearing them down.
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Card 17
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the load of a river knocks against itself, smoothing rocks and breaking them down into smaller particles.
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the bed and banks of a river are dissolved.
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a steep-sided, narrow valley shape caused by a combination of a river’s vertical erosion and the gradual weathering of the valley sides.
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a series of interlocking hills either side of a river, formed when it is forced to wind around hard rock which it lacks the energy to erode (due to low discharge).
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cascading water where a river flows over a vertical drop from hard, resistant rock to a softer rock beneath.
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a relatively shallow section of a river where the gradient steepens and water is fast and turbulent.
