Geography. Key words

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Keywords for rivers.

Meander - a bend in the river.

Bed - the bottom of a river.

Bank - the sides of a river.

River cliff - formed on the outside bend where the water flows faster, there is more errosion here.

Depth - how deep the river is.

Oxbow lake - where a meander is cut off from the river.

Slip off slope - the inside bend where the river is slowest, there is more depostion here.

Flood plain - the area around a river that is likley to flood if there is excess rain.

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