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  • The term to describe rocks hitting wearing the bed & banks
    Abrasion
  • The force of the moving water eroding the bed and banks
    Hydraulic action
  • Why is the water not clear & very brown further down stream
    Solution results in disolved sediments.
  • 3 reasons why a river drops its load.
    Increase in load/Reduction on volume/reduction in velocity
  • Why does discharge increase downstream?
    Tributaries add more water
  • The UK river who's long profile we study is
    River Trent
  • What is discharge.
    The speed & volume of the river past a particular point.
  • The term to describe rocks hitting off each other and getting smaller & rounded is
    Attrition
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