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Hydraulic Action
The force of water removing bed and banks.
Abrasion
Bed and bank worn down by river's load
Attrition
Material (load) bumps into each other and so become smoother and smaller.
Solution
Acids in water slowly dissolve bed and banks.
Traction
Boulders and pebbles are rolled along the river bed at times of high discharge.
Saltation
Sand sized particles are bounced along the river bed by flow of water.
Suspension
Fine clay and sand particles are carried along within the water, evean at low discharges.
Some minerals dissolve in water such as CaCO3 - very little energy.
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