River profiles
- Created by: Supernaturalfangirl
- Created on: 28-04-16 12:27
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- Rivers
- upper course of the river channel
- Vertical erosion
- V shaped valley
- Shallow water in the river channel
- Large rocks and boulders
- Hydraulic action, abrasion and attrition.
- Some traction and saltation at high flow
- deposition of large material
- Middle course of the river channel
- Wider, deeper channel
- Some vertical erosion: lateral erosion is more prominent here.
- Hydraulic action less prominent
- suspension is main transportation
- Deposition more obvious
- Load size reduced
- lower course of the river channel
- Widest and deepest part of the river channel
- Less erosion, only a little lateral
- All erosion is much less prominent
- Suspension is the dominant type of transportation
- upper course of the river channel
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