Please enable JavaScript.
Coggle requires JavaScript to display documents.
Water on land (The river valley (Courses (Lower (Gentle, Very wide, Almost…
Water on land
The river valley
-
-
-
Vertical erosion
This deepens the river channel, making it v-shaped. Its dominant in the upper course of the river.
-
Erosion
-
Abrasion-Eroded rocks picked up by the river scrape and rub against the channel, wearing it away. Most erosion happens by abrasion.
Attrition-Eroded rocks picked up by the river smash into each other and break into smaller fragments. Their edges also get rounded off as they rub together.
-
-
-
River landforms
Meanders
-
-
2)So more erosion takes place on the river outside of the bend, forming river cliffs.
-
4)So eroded material is deposited on the inside of the bend, forming slip-off slopes.
Ox-bow lakes
-
-
-
T3)The river breaks through this land, usually during a flood.
-
-
-