Sdme Key Words rivers Flashcards

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Transportation

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Movement of eroded material in the river

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Erosion

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Wearing away of the land

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Deposition

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After transportation eroded material is dropped in a new place by natural processes

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Corrosion

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Sand and pebbles get dragged along the river bed and knock into it , wearing away the Channel

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Attrition

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Rocks and stones moving along in the water knock together and wear each other away

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Solution

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Water dissolves rocks from the river bed and banks and this helps break up the channel

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Hydraulic action

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Fast flowing water pushes air into cracks and the sheer force of this breaks up the channel

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Solution

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When minerals are dissolved in the water

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Saltation

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Small stones and pebbles are bounced along in the river

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Suspension

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Very small particles are carried along suspended in water ( it can look muddy)

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Traction

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Big boulders and stones are rolled and dragged along the river bed

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