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Types of river profiles

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Youthful
Mature
Old
Base level

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River shapes

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Waterfall
Straight
Ox bow lake
Meander
Braided
Deltas
Anastomosing

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3
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Weathering

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Breaking down of rocks

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Erosion

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Movement of weathered materials

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Deposition

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Sediments and broken down substances are deposited

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Meander

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A river with bends and loops

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Rapid

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Turbulent part of the river

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Delta

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Triangular sediments of deposition found where the river meets the ocean

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How is an Oxbow lake formed

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As a meander river becomes more curved. A flood cuts through the neck of the meander forming an Oxbow lake

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Fluvidal process

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Deposition
Erosion
Transportation

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Carbon footprint

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The amount of greenhouse gases mainly carbon dioxide an individual or company produces

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Food security

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Having reliable resources to safe nutritious and sufficient food to be healthy

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