II. How does fluvial erosion occur?

•When river energy increases, or

when there is a decrease in
energy loss, more energy is
available to carry out erosion.

•Flowing water removes loose

materials from the river bed,
river banks or from the river’s
source.

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1. In which directions does fluvial
erosion take place?

Fluvial erosion will take place in

three different directions. The
river valley can be deepened,
widened or lengthened.
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 2. What
Running waterare the out
carries types of fluvial erosion?
erosion in different ways.
These include
•solution (corrosion)
•hydraulic action
•abrasion (corrasion)
•attrition

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1.III.
What of
How a does
river
is the loadrefers
aof
riverto materials
transport
a river? it carries.
its load?
• These are mainly weathered materials in the
drainage basin.

• Some are materials produced by fluvial erosion.

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There 2.
areHow are different
different types types of load transported?
of river load, classified
according to their
particle size and mode of
transportation.

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 •does
Deposition
IV. How
1. Why does takes place
deposition
deposition when
take aplace?
take place? river
loses its energy and its load becomes
too heavy for it to continue to carry.

• Sediments are then dropped to form

various depositional features.

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2. How of deposition,
does a river large
deposit its load?
particles are deposited first because they
require more energy to be transported.

• When velocity or volume decreases, river

energy is gradually reduced.

• Smaller particles remain suspended in the

water until there is further reduction of river
energy.

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