Water bodies

Water bodies

Referring to any significant accumulation of water usually on planet earth but also on other planetary bodies.

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delta

Water bodies; Rivers

A landform that is formed at the mouth of a river where that river flows into an ocean, sea, estuary, lake, reservoir, flat arid area, or another river. Deltas are formed from the ...

subterranean

Water bodies; Rivers

This is a river that runs wholly or partly beneath the ground surface one where the riverbed does not represent the surface of the Earth (rivers flowing in canyons are not classed ...

meander

Water bodies; Rivers

This is a bend in a sinuous watercourse.

sediment

Water bodies; Rivers

A naturally-occurring material that is broken down by processes of weathering and erosion, and is subsequently transported by the action of fluids such as wind, water, or ice, ...

glacier

Water bodies; Rivers

A large persistent body of ice. Originating on land, a glacier flows slowly due to stresses induced by its weight. A glacier forms in a location where the accumulation of snow ...

peneplain

Water bodies; Rivers

A low-relief plain representing the final stage of fluvial erosion during times of extended tectonic stability. The existence of peneplains, and peneplanation as a ...

channel types

Water bodies; Rivers

A wide variety of river and stream exist in limnology. All these can be divided into two groups by using the water-flow gradient as either low gradient channels for streams or ...