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junior cert rivers

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The point at which two rivers or streams join together

Confluence

Name the 3 stages of a river

Youthful (upper), mature (middle), old (lower).

The area of high ground which separates two drainage basins

water shed

Name a landform found in the youthful stage

V-shaped valley, interlocking spurs or waterfall

Name a feature found in the mature stage

Meanders or oxbow lake

Name a feature found in the old stage

Flood plains, levees or deltas

Name the largest river in Ireland

River Shannon

As a river travels along its course, it shapes the landscape in the following ways:

Erosion, transportation & deposition

Name the 4 types of river erosion

Hydraulic action, abrasion, attrition & solution

name the 4 types of river transporation

Rolling, bouncing, suspension & solution

name one cause of deposition

reduction in the rivers speed, increase in load size, reduction in the river's volume, when gradient levels off

name the feature of river erosion that you have studied

waterfall

a plunge pool in a waterfall gets bigger over time through the processes of what?

Hydraulic action & abrasion

the force of what causes the overhand to collapse?

Gravity

explain what a meander is?

A bend in a river created by erosion and deposition

name an example of a waterfall

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