GEOLOGICAL WORK OF RIVER

Erosion
Transportation
Sedimentation
Erosion
 METHODS OF RIVER EROSION
• HYDRAULIC ACTION
• CAVITATION
• ABRASION
• ATTRITION
• CORROSION
RATE OF RIVER EROSION DEPENDS UPON

• VELOCITY OF STREAM
• LITHOLOGY
• LOAD
 FEATURES OF STREAM EROSION
1. POTHOLES:
 2. RIVER VALLEY
• ORIGIN
• DEEPENING
• LENGTHENING
• WIDENING
3. GORGES & CANYONS
4. WATER FALLS
5. STREAM TERRACE
Transportation
 SEDIMENTS TRANSPORTED BY RIVER

• TYPES OF LOAD:
– THE SUSPENDED LOAD
– THE BED LOAD
– THE DISSOLVED LOAD
Deposition
TYPES OF FLUVIAL DEPOSITS
1. Alluvial Fans & Cones
2. Flood Plains
3. Natural Levees
 4. Deltas
• Structure
• Growth
• Conditions for formation:
5. RIVER MEANDERING
6. The Oxbow Lakes