GEO: HOW DO RIVERS SHape the land

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GEOGRAPHY!

How do rivers shape the land?

1. The river erodes downwards as bowders, stones and rock particles are bounced and scraped along the chanel bed.

.2. As the river cuts down , the steep sides are attached by weathering. This breaks up and loosens the soil and rock.

3.The loosened material slowly creeps down the slope because of the gravity or is washed into the river by rainwater. The river carries it away.

4.The end result is a step sided valley that has the shape of a letter V:

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