Thursday 18 February 2016

Water falls

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fc/Iguassu_falls_rainbow.jpg
Water fall Iguazu falls
Where
River panama river

Water falls are river which eroded the soft rock. They can have lots of sizes from this size to very small ones.

Gorge
http://travelneu.com/o/Yangtze-Gorges-o44.jpg
Gorge
Where
River Yangtze river

Gorges are river that go over tectonic plate when the ground moves the start eroding the mountains which makes a gorge
V shaped valleys
https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq1bUHTPCuFlIl3czjOAPozx9gq5Psok1whW0FOt-WyjCoqbpceC-EXQzF_A62EQnDfGCRVORuqyusBCK2wzBddhpKhc40twGcWGub_X1A5PqNFIrvWYONgGULq1XXF6PYD6UESji9g3Q/s1600/Cumbria+Oct+2012+027.JPG
V shaped valley little Langdale valley
Where north west England
River Brathay

V shaped valleys are rivers on top of mountains which eroded them in the form of a v that’s what makes a v shaped valley. River brathay has another thing called great Langdale but I didn’t find good information about it
Meanders and oxbow lakes
http://image.slidesharecdn.com/riverchangesandlandforms-090415062009-phpapp02/95/river-changes-and-landforms-46-728.jpg?cb=1286806256
Rapids


Meanders Mississippi meanders
Where united states of America
Mississippi river

Meander are rivers which erode the outer corners and deposit in the inner corners and oxbow lakes are made when I meanders cut of one corner to make it straight
Deltas and floodplains
http://looklex.com/e.o/slides/nile_delta01.jpg

Where
Niles delta
River nile


Deltas are the mouth of a river and they have a triangular look. floodplains are made when I river floods the water falls in the flood plain.







Humanities Rivers                
There are lots of rivers all around the world but what makes a river is it needs to be a move body of water with a start (source) and an end (mouth) and most rivers are part of a drainage basin. Drainage basins need a source which is where the water come from a main river that is what the name explains a tributary a river which gives more water to a main river and a mouth where the river ends (normally ocean). the amazon also has a rapids.
Bibliography
http://moreintelligentlife.com/content/places/ghost-trails INTELLIGENT LIFE magazine, January/February 2013



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