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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Rivers

This kind of river typically has little to no alluvium mantling the bedrock over which it flows. Such rivers are common in upland and mountainous regions. They are formed by incision into bedrock by ...

thalweg

Water bodies; Rivers

In geography and fluvial geomorphology signifies the deepest continuous inline within a valley or watercourse system. It is pronounced valley way.

dune

Water bodies; Rivers

In physical geography, a dune is a hill of sand built by aeolian processes. Dunes occur in different forms and sizes, formed by interaction with the wind.

avulsion

Water bodies; Rivers

In sedimentary geology and fluvial geomorphology, avulsion is the rapid abandonment of a river channel and the formation of a new river channel. Avulsions occur as a result of channel slopes that are ...

mouth bar

Water bodies; Rivers

This a bar in a river that is typically created in the middle of a channel in a river delta.

flood plain

Water bodies; Rivers

It is a flat or nearly flat land adjacent to a stream or river that stretches from the banks of its channel to the base of the enclosing valley walls and experiences flooding during periods of high ...

river cliff

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 ...