River Processes Flashcards

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E- hydraulic action

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Water forces the air into cracks in the river bed and banks

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E- Abrasion

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When the load carried by the river repeatedly hits the bed or banks dislodging particles into flow of river

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3
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E- Attrition

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When stones carried by river knock against each other gradually making the stones smaller and less rounded

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4
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E- Solution

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When the river flows over limestone or chalk the soluble rock is slowly dissolved

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