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Description
Mind Map by Emily Gibson, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Emily Gibson
almost 11 years ago
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River Processes
- Weathering
- Mechanical
- Freeze-thaw
- Erosion
- Freeze-thaw
- Chemical
- Carbonation
- Acid rain
- Carbonation
- Biological
- Plant roots
- Burrowing animals
- Plant roots
- Mechanical
- Erosion
- Hydraulic action
- Force of water
breaks rock away
from channel
- Force of water
breaks rock away
from channel
- Corrasion
- Rocks scrape
and rub against
channel
- Rocks scrape
and rub against
channel
- Attrition
- Rocks smash into each other,
break into smaller bits..edges rub
and rounded
- Rocks smash into each other,
break into smaller bits..edges rub
and rounded
- Corrosion
- Rocks dissolved by river
- Rocks dissolved by river
- Hydraulic action
- Transportation
- Traction
- Large bits
pushed along
river bed by
force of water
- Large bits
pushed along
river bed by
force of water
- Saltation
- Pebbles bounced
along river bed by
force of water
- Pebbles bounced
along river bed by
force of water
- Suspension
- Small bits carried
along by water
- Small bits carried
along by water
- Solution
- Soluble bits
dissolve and
carried along
- Soluble bits
dissolve and
carried along
- Traction
- Deposition
- When river
drops eroded
material
- When river slows down
- Reasons why
- Water volume falls
- Increase in amount
of material
- River is shallower
- River reaches it's mouth
- Water volume falls
- When river
drops eroded
material
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