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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interbasin transfer

Water bodies; Rivers

This is the transfer of water from one river basin to another. The purpose of an interbasin transfer can be to generate hydropower, to alleviate water shortages in the receiving basin, or both.

gorge

Water bodies; Rivers

This is occasionally spelled'''cañon'''is a deep ravine between cliffs often carved from the landscape by a river. Rivers have a natural tendency to reach a baseline elevation, which is the same ...

This is a term in geomorphology describes a location in a river or channel where there is a sharp change in channel slope, such as a waterfall or lake, resulting from differential rates of erosion ...

drainage basin

Water bodies; Rivers

This is an extent or area of land where surface water from rain and melting snow or ice converges to a single point, usually the exit of the basin, where the waters join another waterbody, such as a ...

plunge pool

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 ...

alluvial

Water bodies; Rivers

These are kind of rivers that are lowland in which the bed and banks are made up of mobile sediment and/or soil. These rivers are self-formed, meaning that their channels are shaped by the magnitude ...

canyon

Water bodies; Rivers

This is occasionally spelled'''cañon'''is a deep ravine between cliffs often carved from the landscape by a river. Rivers have a natural tendency to reach a baseline elevation, which is the same ...