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Water in the Land (Upper course (How a river carries its load (Saltation,…
Water in the Land
Upper course
How a river erodes its channel
Attrition
Solution
Hydraulic action
Abration
How a river carries its load
Saltation
Solution
Traction
Bedload
Suspension
River processes
V-shaped valleys
Water and gorges
Affects a rive's discharge
Rain to river
Infiltration
Throughflow
Surface run-off
Groundwater
Interception
Factors
Relief
Rainfall
Land use
Weather conditions
Rock and soil type
Too much discharge?
Hydrographs
Middle course
Deposition
Meanders change the valley
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River's energy
Lower course
Towards the sea
Long and cross profile
Lower course
Natural levées
Artificial levées