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What is River?. Channeled flow of water, Flow into the sea, lakes, and deserts, Divided into two different features. River provides water to human being. Manki Kim Geography Ms. Hornchen. Meandering River. Contain one channel that winds its way across the floodplain - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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• Channeled flow of water,
• Flow into the sea, lakes, and deserts,
• Divided into two different features.
• River provides water to human being Manki Kim
GeographyMs. Hornchen
• Contain one channel that winds its way across the floodplain
• It deposits sediment on banks that lie on the insides of curves
• Fine-grained material on the floodplain
• As the channel migrates, parts of it may become abandoned and left behin
• The river channel splits into several channels
• Small islands of sand, mud and silt are deposited between these channels
• Deposition occurs as the river becomes shallower
Book:
• Punnett, Neil. People in the Physical Landscape. Hong Kong: SIMON & SCHUSTER EDUCATION, 1994. Geography. 1987.
• Smith, Roger M. Images of The World. Longman, 1983. An Atlas Satellite Imagery and Maps.
Internet:
• http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~millerm/braided.html
• www.rivers.gov.au/
• http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~millerm/meander.html
•http://waterknowledge.colostate.edu/braided.htm