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1 Exercises 9, 10 and 11 Rivers and Streams
GEOL Physical Geology Exercises 9, 10 and 11 Rivers and Streams

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3 Stream Patterns Watershed Rainfall Bedrock Topography Climate
Permeability Mineralogy Faults

4 Drainage Patterns Dendritic Rectangular Tellis Raidal

5 Erosion by Rivers Water Flows Downhill!

6 Life Cycle of a Meandering River
Degradational Stage Tributaries River Channel Balanced Stage Point Bars Levees Flood Plains Aggradational Stage Distributaries Deltas Terminal Stage Stream Piracy

7 Erosional Features Meanders Cut Banks Terraces Oxbow Lakes
Transgressive Sequences Regressive Sequences

8 Depositional Features
Point Bars Levees Flood Plains Deltas

9 Stages of Erosion Initial Stage of Erosion
Intermediate Stage of Erosion Terminal Stage of Erosion Rejuvenation

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