V-shaped Valley
- Created by: rachmhw
- Created on: 01-06-16 09:21
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- V-Shaped Valley
- 1. River erodes down
- as boulders bounce and scrap along the channel bed
- 2. Steep sides are attacked by weathering
- 3. Loose material slowly creeps down the slope
- because of
- gravity
- washed into river by rainwater
- Material carried away by river
- because of
- The result is a steep-sided valley
- shape of a V
- Features of a river
- Source
- Where the river starts
- Spurs
- Ridges of land around which a river winds
- Valley sides
- The slopes on either side of a river
- V-shaped valley
- The shape of a valley in its upper coarse
- Channel
- The coarse of a river
- River banks
- The sides of a river channel
- River bed
- The bottom of a river channel
- Load
- Material that is carried or moved by the river
- Source
- 1. River erodes down
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