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Stages in the Development of a River Valley

Stages in the Development of a River Valley. The river cuts downward to form a ‘V’shaped valley. The river starts to meander. What happens next?. River uses its meanders to cut from side to side eating into the valley. Floodplain starts to form. 1. 2. What happens next?. 1.

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Stages in the Development of a River Valley

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  1. Stages in the Development of a River Valley  Tom Abbott, Biddulph High School and made available through www.sln.org.uk/geography and only for non commercial use in schools

  2. The river cuts downward to form a ‘V’shaped valley. The river starts to meander  Tom Abbott, Biddulph High School and made available through www.sln.org.uk/geography and only for non commercial use in schools

  3. What happens next?  Tom Abbott, Biddulph High School and made available through www.sln.org.uk/geography and only for non commercial use in schools

  4. River uses its meanders to cut from side to side eating into the valley Floodplain starts to form 1 2  Tom Abbott, Biddulph High School and made available through www.sln.org.uk/geography and only for non commercial use in schools

  5. What happens next?  Tom Abbott, Biddulph High School and made available through www.sln.org.uk/geography and only for non commercial use in schools

  6. 1 2  Tom Abbott, Biddulph High School and made available through www.sln.org.uk/geography and only for non commercial use in schools

  7. Floodplain River bluffs Alluvial deposits River cliff  Tom Abbott, Biddulph High School and made available through www.sln.org.uk/geography and only for non commercial use in schools

  8. What happens next?  Tom Abbott, Biddulph High School and made available through www.sln.org.uk/geography and only for non commercial use in schools

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