georiv
landscape
what u see when looking across area of land
river
a body of water that flows from its source on a high land, across land to another body if water
abrasion
when pebbles grind along the river bank and bed
hydraulic action
force of water crashing against the coastline
attrition
rocks bashing into eachother making it smoother and rounder
corrosion
wearing away of the riverbed and banks by load hitting against them
confluence
a point of which two rivers meet to make a channel
source
where river begins
mouth
where a river meets the sea
tributary
a small river or stream that joins with a larger river
channel
where the river flows
three main river processes
erosion
transportation
deposition
deposisition
were river drops its material
transportations
traction
saltatation
suspension
solution
saltation
pebbles bouncing along the river bed ( usually near the source)
traction
heavy pebbles rolled across river bed
suspension
lighter sediments carried within water (near mouth usually)
solution
dissolved chemical in the river
erosion
wearing away of rock found in river bank or bed