River Landforms and Processes

📋 Course Outline

1. River deposition processes
2. Deposition conditions
3. River landforms: Waterfalls
4. Hard and soft rock erosion
5. Waterfall formation process
6. River landforms: Meanders

📖 1. River deposition processes

🔑 Key Concepts & Definitions

• River deposition: When a river drops off its bedload or leaves behind material. (Source)
• Bedload: Material such as large boulders, pebbles, or debris that is transported along the riverbed through processes like traction and saltation. (Source)
• Traction: The movement of large boulders rolling along the river bed. (Source)
• Saltation: The bouncing movement of small pebbles on the river bed. (Source)
• Suspension: The carrying of fine sediment within the river flow. (Source)
• Solution: The dissolved load of minerals that makes the river murky or cloudy. (Source)
• Deposition occurs when: River speed and energy are reduced. (Source)

📝 Essential Points