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River Processes Flashcards

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What is hydraulic Action?

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Where the force of the water enters cracks in the bed and banks and puts it under pressure causing erosion.

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What is attrition?

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Rocks and stones hit each other breaking up into smaller pieces.

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What is solution?

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Soluble minerals in the rock water wear away in water.

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What is abrasion?

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Rocks and stones scrape against the bed and bank and act like sandpaper wearing away the rock.

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5
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What process is attrition?

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Erosion

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What process is Hydraulic action?

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Erosion

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Why process is Abrasion?

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Erosion

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What two processes is Solution?

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Erosion and Transportation

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What are the 4 processes of erosion?

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Attrition
Hydraulic Action
Abrasion
Solution

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What is Solution?

Transportation

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Minerals are dissolved in the water and carried in Solution.

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What is suspension?

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Fine, light material is carried along in the water.

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What is Saltation?

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Small pebbles and stones are bounced along the river bed.

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13
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What is traction?

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Large boulders and rocks are rolled along river bed.

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14
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What process is Suspension?

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Transportation

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15
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What process is saltation?

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Transportation

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16
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What process is traction?

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Transportation

17
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What are the 4 processes of transportation?

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Solution
Suspension
Saltation
Traction

18
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What is deposition?

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Where energy is low, the load (sediment) is dropped by the river such as Deltas (at the river mouth)

19
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What is this process of erosion?

‘Rocks and stones hit each other breaking up into small pieces’

20
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What is this process of erosion?

‘The force of the water enters cracks in the bed and banks and puts it under pressure, causing erosion’

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Hydraulic Action

21
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What is this process of erosion?

‘Soluble minerals in the rock water wear away in the water’

22
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What is this process of erosion?

‘Rocks and stones scrape against the bed and bank and act like sandpaper wearing away the rock’

23
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What is this process of Transportation?

‘Minerals are dissolved on the water and carried in solution’

24
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What is this process of transportation?

‘Fine, light material is carried along in water’

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Suspension

25
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What is this process of transportation?

‘Small pebbles and stones are bounced along the river bed’

26
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What is this process of transportation?

‘Large boulders and rocks are rolled along river bed’

27
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What is the meaning of the process of deposition?

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Where energy is low, the sediment is dropped by the river such as Deltas, this happens at the river mouth

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