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    A river erodes, transports, and deposits sediment through processes of erosion, deposition, and transportation, forming landforms. Erosion wears away river beds and banks through processes like hydraulic action and abrasion. Deposition occurs as a river drops its sediment load, with heavier materials deposited first. Transportation moves nutrients and sediment downstream, sustaining ecosystems.

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    A river erodes, transports, and deposits sediment through processes of erosion, deposition, and transportation, forming landforms. Erosion wears away river beds and banks through processes like hydraulic action and abrasion. Deposition occurs as a river drops its sediment load, with heavier materials deposited first. Transportation moves nutrients and sediment downstream, sustaining ecosystems.

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    A river erodes, transports, and deposits sediment through processes of erosion, deposition, and transportation, forming landforms. Erosion wears away river beds and banks through processes like hydraulic action and abrasion. Deposition occurs as a river drops its sediment load, with heavier materials deposited first. Transportation moves nutrients and sediment downstream, sustaining ecosystems.

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    WORKS OF RIVER

    A river has a three basic functions: erosion, deposition, transportation. Through the
    operation or action of a river, a combination of these three processes results in the
    production of numerous landforms.
    A river is a large, natural stream of flowing water. Rivers are found on every
    continent and on nearly every kind of land.
    Rivers eventually end up flowing into the ocean.

    RiverProcesses:

    River Erosion River Deposition River Transportation


    The process that wears
    away the river bed and
    Deposition is the process River transport processes
    banks is the river erosion.
    through which the river remove material, that will
    Lateral erosion occurs
    drops its load. result in formation of
    when the river erodes its
    Deposition is the mountain valleys.
    banks, causing its channel
    processes where material They transport nutrients
    to widen while Vertical
    being transported by a and sediment downstream,
    erosion occurs when the
    river is deposited. sustaining lowland habitats
    river erodes its bed.
    and even marine ones.

    Four Types of River Heavier sediments, such as


    boulders, will be deposited Four Types of River
    Erosion
    first, as they need more Erosion
    velocity (i.e. stronger
    Hydraulic action - This is the currents) to carry them Suspension - Fine, light
    sheer power of the water as onwards. material(carried).
    it smashes against the river
    banks. Air becomes trapped Finer sediments, such as Solution - This is were
    in the cracks of the river silt, are much lighter and chemical change happens
    bank and bed, and causes therefore don't need a lot as minerals is dissolved in
    the rock to break apart. of speed to keep them water.
    Abrasion - When pebbles going. These finer
    grind along the river bank sediments will be Traction - Large boulder
    and bed in a sand-papering deposited last. and rocks(rolled and
    effect. slided). Saltation - Small
    Attrition - When rocks that Pebbles and
    the river is carrying knock stones(bounced).
    against each other. They
    break apart to become River processes is also called as fluvial processes. Fluvial
    smaller and more rounded.
    processes are those which occur with rivers and streams.
    Solution - When the water
    dissolves certain types of These river processes are interconnected with each other.
    rocks, for example The river or fluvial processes of erosion and deposition, aided
    limestone. by transportation, help the river to alter the landscape and
    form different types of fluvial landforms. Rivers erode,
    transport and deposit sediments.
    REFERENCES:

    https://www.vedantu.com/question-answer/explain-the-work-of-a-river-class-9-social-
    science-cbse-60087c01ae05980992f08dcd

    https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/understanding-rivers/

    https://www.usgs.gov/special-topics/water-science-school/science/rivers-streams-and-
    creeks#:~:text=Flowing%20water%20finds%20its%20way,sides%2C%20a%20lake%20wil
    l%20form

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/zq2b9qt/revision/1#:~:text=Erosion%20is%20the
    %20process%20that,are%20carried%20by%20the%20river.

    http://www.geography.learnontheinternet.co.uk/topics/river_deposition.html

    https://www.studysmarter.co.uk/explanations/geography/coasts-geography/river-
    deposition-landforms/

    https://golearngeo.wordpress.com/2010/04/23/river-transport/
    Fig. 8: the presence of ox-bow lakes along the River Clyde, UK
    (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Carstairs_meanders_from_the_air_(geogra
    ph_5676421).jpg) by Thomas Nugent (https://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/4827)
    Licensed by CC BY-SA 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/deed.en)
    Fig. 10: Exe estuary, UK
    (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Exe_estuary_from_balloon.jpg) by steverenouk
    (https://www.flickr.com/people/94466642@N00) Licensed by CC BY-SA 2.0
    (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/deed.en)

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