Monday 3 October 2011

Class notes

Deposition:
Is the laying down of material carried by the river. This occurs when there is a decrease in the energy of the river, as a result of decreased velocity and/or volume. Situations where deposition is likely as a result of decreased velocity and/or volume.

Upper:
Source: can be anything: lake, bog, melting snow etc.
Stream running through to create the v shape mountain by using vertical erosion, it’s a narrow channel – wearing a groove into the ground

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