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________ is when rocks carried by the river break down the river banks and bed.
_________ is when rocks carried by the river crash together and break down into smaller pieces.
A ___ is a barrier constructed to hold back water and form a reservoir.
The _________ of a river is the total volume of water flowing through a river channel at a given point.
___________ are raised banks constructed along a river allowing it to hold more water.
Hard ___________ is the building of artificial structures to reduce the impact of river processes.
An _______ is the point where a river meets the sea.
Floods occur when river discharge exceeds the channels volume.
_______ processes are processes that relate to erosion, transport and deposition by a river.
A _____ is a steep sided, narrow valley.
_________ action is the wearing away of riverbanks due to the build up of air pressure in cracks and crevices.
An __________ shows the discharge of a river over a period of time.
____________ spurs are the hills that a river winds around.
_______ erosion is the sideways erosion of the channel by a river.
______ are the natural or man made embankments of sediment on the bank of a river.
A _______ is a bend in the river.
An _____ lake is a U shaped lake formed when a wide meander is cut off from the river.
Flood plains are the flat areas of land either side of a river channel.
_____________ is any kind of moisture falling from the atmosphere.
Fluvial _________ are the interactions between the flowing water and the natural channels of a river.
