transport - Movement of material through the landscape, load - Sediment carried by a river, deposition - Sediment is laid down due to a lack of energy, meander - River landform which is a bend in the middle or lower course, hydraulic action - Erosion caused when water and air are forced into gaps in rock or soil, abrasion - Erosion caused by sediment due to friction, attrition - Erosion caused by rocks smashing together making them smaller, corrosion - Erosion caused by chemical processes such as solution, suspension - Transportation process where tiny particles are long distances in the flowing water, saltation - Transportation process where sediment bounces and skips along, traction - Transportation process where the bed load rolls along in contact with the river bed, vertical erosion - Force of water is concentrated downwards wearing away the landscape, interlocking spurs - A feature of V-Shaped valleys where the river meanders from side to side so that the hillsides interlock like the teeth of a zip, lateral erosion - Process by which a river can cut sideways into its own bank, slip off slope/point bar - Gentle slope on a river beach formed by deposition of sediment on the inside of a meander, floodplain - Flat area beside a river channel that is covered in water during a flood event, waterfalls - Landform created when a river plunges over a vertical surface, U-Shaped valleys - Steep slopes and a flat valley floor, differential erosion - Erosion at different rates such as at a waterfall, plunge pool - Caused by abrasion and hydraulic action of the water, retreat - Gradual backward movement of a landform such as a waterfall due to erosion, gorge - A steep-sided narrow valley. Often found below a waterfall, solution - Transportation process where minerals are dissolved from rock and carried along in the flow,

Landform processes and change - Rivers

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