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12 Cards in this Set
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gorge
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a gorge is formed as the waterfall retreats upstream after repeated undercutting
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meander
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large bends found in the middle and lower course of a river
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point bar/slip off slope/river beach
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when deposition leads to the banks of the river sloping
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floodplain
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the flat land either side of the river that is covered with water during a flood
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levee
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raised banks either side of a river channel, formed by deposition
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delta
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large areas of deposited material at the mouth of a river
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distributaries
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small rivers that break off from a main channel as a river flows over a delta
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drainage basin/river basin
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the area drained by a river and its tributaries
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source
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where a river starts
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mouth
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where a river meets the a lake or the sea
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confluence
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where two rivers meet
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watershed
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the high land that surrounds a drainage basin that separates it from other drainage basins
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