Rivers

Rivers

1. Waterfalls

   • Upper course of the river
   • Labels
     • Hard and soft rock
     • Plunge pool
     • Cliff
     • Overhang
   • Erosion moves them back over time

2. 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

3. Transport

   • Load
     • Material it carries
   • Bedload
     • Heavy rocks carried along the bottom
   • Suspention
     • Small rocks carried along in the water

4. Deposition

   • Sediment
     • Stones and rocks that were deposited as the river
   • Can create natural Levees