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Clipper Cutters Nebraska Date:? Pg:?

Clipper Cutters Nebraska Date:? Pg:?. The Platte River, in Nebraska, has a peak elevation of 1,320 feet, mean sea level (M.S.L.), and elevation at the mouth is 760 feet M.S.L. Within the basin, there is a mean slope of 3.1 feet per mile (Committee on Public Works 1965). Source.

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Clipper Cutters Nebraska Date:? Pg:?

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  1. Clipper Cutters Nebraska Date:? Pg:?

  2. The Platte River, in Nebraska, has a peak elevation of 1,320 feet, mean sea level (M.S.L.), and elevation at the mouth is 760 feet M.S.L. Within the basin, there is a mean slope of 3.1 feet per mile (Committee on Public Works 1965).

  3. Source • Where a River starts its journey

  4. Springs. Some rivers begin where water flows out of rocks. • Rainwater sinks through the soil and trickles through the cracks and spaces in rocks such as chalk and limestone. • Lakes. • Melting snow and ice. • Bogs.

  5. Dishcharge • The amount of water flowing in a river per second.

  6. Meander A meander is a bend in a river. Meanders normally occur in the middle and lower courses where the water is moving more slowly. The river carves out S-shaped bends. Meander A meander is a bend in a river. Meanders normally occur in the middle and lower courses where the water is moving more slowly. The river carves out S-shaped bends.

  7. Banks • are the sides of a river or stream between which the water normally flows

  8. Rivers have two banks - the right bank and the left bank. If you stand in a river and face the way the water is flowing, the right bank will be on your right hand side and the left bank will be on you left hand side. Rivers A river is a natural stream of water which flows in a channel towards a mouth or lake or another river. Rivers have two banks (left and right bank). They have a bed over which the water flows. Rivers always have a source, from where they start. Rivers always flow downhill. River banks Rivers have two banks - the right bank and the left bank. If you stand in a river and face the way the water is flowing, the right bank will be on your right hand side and the left bank will be on you left hand side.

  9. Bed The river bed is the bottom of the river. It can be made of stones, pebbles, boulders, rock and mud

  10. Braiding • A braided river course is where the river channel splits into several channels. Small islands of sand, mud and silt are deposited between these channels. Sometimes trees and plants can grow on this deposited sediment

  11. DepositionA river lays down or drops the sediment or material that it is carrying such as sand, mud, and small stones or sticks. This often happens on the inside of meanders, because the water is flowing slowly.

  12. Sediment • The name given to material that has been carried by rivers or the sea and then deposited. Sediment may be called alluvium if it deposited on the bed or a river, it may be called a beach when deposited by waves.

  13. Delta • A fan-shaped area of sediment built up at the mouth of a river

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