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Channeled flow of water, Flow into the sea, lakes, and deserts,

What is River?. Channeled flow of water, Flow into the sea, lakes, and deserts, Divided into two different features. River provides water to human being. Manki Kim Geography Ms. Hornchen. Meandering River. Contain one channel that winds its way across the floodplain

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Channeled flow of water, Flow into the sea, lakes, and deserts,

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  1. What is River? • Channeled flow of water, • Flow into the sea, lakes, and deserts, • Divided into two different features. • River provides water to human being Manki Kim GeographyMs. Hornchen

  2. Meandering River • Contain one channel that winds its way across the floodplain • It deposits sediment on banks that lie on the insides of curves • Fine-grained material on the floodplain • As the channel migrates, parts of it may become abandoned and left behin

  3. Braided River • The river channel splits into several channels • Small islands of sand, mud and silt are deposited between these channels • Deposition occurs as the river becomes shallower

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  5. Image Of Nile (Longest Meandering River)

  6. Map of River

  7. Satellite image of both Meandering and Braided Rivers

  8. Differece between Meandering & Braided River

  9. Bibliography • Book: • Punnett, Neil. People in the Physical Landscape. Hong Kong: SIMON & SCHUSTER EDUCATION, 1994. Geography. 1987. • Smith, Roger M. Images of The World. Longman, 1983. An Atlas Satellite Imagery and Maps. • Internet: • http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~millerm/braided.html • www.rivers.gov.au/ • http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~millerm/meander.html • http://waterknowledge.colostate.edu/braided.htm

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