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Rivers & Coasts - Coggle Diagram
Rivers & Coasts
Features of a river
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Waterfall - a waterfall is an area where water flows over a vertical drop or a series of steep drops in the course of a river
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Delta - a delta is shaped like a triangle, created by deposition of sediment that is carried by a river
What is erosion, transportation and deposition?
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Transportation is where the river drops its material such as traction, saltation, suspension and solution
Deposition is the laying down of sediment carried by wind, flowing water or the sea
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How do arches, caves, stacks and stumps form?
The base of the arch continually becomes wider through further erosion, until its roof becomes too heavy and collapses into the sea this leaves a stack which is undercut at the base until it collapses to form a stump
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What is a spit, how does it form?
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