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13.3 V shape As they grow they become U shaped How do rivers begin?

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1 13.3 V shape As they grow they become U shaped How do rivers begin?

2 Headward erosion When land is worn away at the head of a stream or gully

3 Base level A stream cannot erode any lower than the body of water into which it flows

4 Stream piracy One stream or river takes over another

5 waterfalls Lets talk about recession and undermining…

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7 13.4 Floodplains Floodplain FERTILE! Where the river water goes when a river floods

8 meander

9 Oxbow lake

10 ` Natural levee

11 Floods 2 types….. Flash flood Large River Floods

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15 Flood prevention and control


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