Unit 3: Rivers and coasts - River processes

Erosional river processes

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• Abrasion (or corrasion): the wearing away of the bed and bank by the load carried by a river.
• Attrition: the wearing away of the load carried by a river. It creates smaller, rounder particles. 
• Hydraulic action: the force of air and water on the sides of rivers and in cracks. 
• Solution (or corrosion): the removal of chemical ions, especially calcium, which causes rocks to dissolve.

Nagle, Garrett, and Briony Cooke. "Page 120." Geography Course Companion. Oxford: Oxford UP, 2011. N. pag. Print.

The main types of transportation

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Deposition

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https://sites.google.com/site/geographyterrain/river

The work of a river

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