Rivers

Rivers

A river is a natural watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, a lake, a sea, or another river.

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waterfall

Water bodies; Rivers

A place where flowing water rapidly drops in elevation as it flows over a steep region or a cliff.

This is a section of a river or stream that diverts from the main channel or stem of the watercourse and rejoins the main stem downstream. Local anabranches can be the result of small islands in the ...

river channel migration

Water bodies; Rivers

This is the lateral motion of an alluvial river channel across its floodplain due to processes of erosion of and deposition on its banks and bars. In meandering streams, channel migration typically ...

riffle

Water bodies; Rivers

It is a short, relatively shallow and coarse-bedded length of stream over which the stream flows at lower velocity and higher turbulence than it normally does in comparison to a pool. As a result of ...

stream pool

Water bodies; Rivers

This is a hydrology, is a stretch of a river or stream in which the water depth is above average and the water velocity is quite below average.

cut bank

Water bodies; Rivers

It is an erosional feature of streams. Cut banks are found in abundance along mature or meandering streams, they are located on the outside of a stream bend, known as a meander. They are shaped much ...

cold plunge

Water bodies; Rivers

It is a natural hydrologic fluvial landform feature or a constructed recreational garden feature. It is a stream pool, lake, or pond that is small in diameter, but deep. They can be small-diameter ...