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FEATURE 3: WATERFALLS
The highest waterfall in the world is the Angel Falls in
Venezuela which has a drop of 979m.
Other particularly famous examples include:
Niagara Falls (North America)
Victoria Falls (Zambia / Zimbabwe border)
Iguazu Falls (South America).
FEATURE 3: WATERFALL
FEATURE 5: POTHOLES
DESCRIPTION:
FEATURE 6: RAPIDS
Description:
Upper course
Rough, often white water, where the flow of the river is more turbulent.
Explanation:
Caused by a localised increase in gradient (where the river is steeper) and the
water is shallow, and the river bed rocky and irregular, making the water rough
OR they can be caused where the river flows over alternating bends of harder
and softer rock
FEATURE 7: MEANDERS
The greater volume of water carried by the river in lowland areas results in lateral (sideways) erosion being more
dominant than vertical erosion, causing the channel to cut into its banks forming meanders.
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TASK: Sort out the sentences into the correct order to explain the formation of an ox-bow lake. Write out
the correct paragraph in the space below
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TASK: DRAW A SERIES OF ANNOTATE DIAGRAMS TO EXPLAIN THE FORMATION OF MEANDERS AND OX BOW
LAKES
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DESCRIPTION:
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EXPLAINATION:
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Upper Course
Middle Course
Lower Course
Characteristics
Landscape Features
Transportation
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