Rivers

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What type of flow occurs around the meanders of a river?
Helicoidal Flow
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What is 'lag time'?
The time between peak rainfall & peak discharge
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The vertical movement of water through rocks due to gravity is what...?
Percolation
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The bouncing movement of rocks along the river bed is known as what?
Saltation
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On which river was the 3 Gorges Dam?
Yangtze
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What is 'lag time'?

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The time between peak rainfall & peak discharge

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The vertical movement of water through rocks due to gravity is what...?

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The bouncing movement of rocks along the river bed is known as what?

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On which river was the 3 Gorges Dam?

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