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Rivers
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1st Geography Mind Map on Rivers, created by Zaza Brotzel on 21/05/2016.
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Rivers
Waterfalls
Upper course of the river
Labels
Hard and soft rock
Plunge pool
Cliff
Overhang
Erosion moves them back over time
Erosion
Hydraulic action
Water pushed into cracks and break the rocks
Solution
Acidic water wearing away at the rocks
Atrition
Rocks knocking together and wearing each other away
Abrasion
Sand and stones scraping away at the bed and banks
Transport
Load
Material it carries
Bedload
Heavy rocks carried along the bottom
Suspention
Small rocks carried along in the water
Deposition
Sediment
Stones and rocks that were deposited as the river
Can create natural Levees
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