EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -The work of the river is mainly deposition, building up its bed and forming an extensive flood plain. Landforms like braided channels, floodplains, levees, meanders, oxbow lakes, deltas etc.

Detailed explanation-2: -When rivers flood the velocity of water slows. As the result of this the river’s capacity to transport material is reduced and deposition occurs. This deposition leaves a layer of sediment across the whole floodplain. After a series of floods layers of sediment form along the flood plain.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Old Stage At the Old age stage the river is usually at it’s widest. The land is also at its flattest. This means that the river has to work very hard to make its way to the sea. The main agent at work now is Deposition.

Detailed explanation-4: -Deposition happens when a river loses energy. Deposition may take place when a river enters an area of shallow water or when the volume of water decreases-for example, after a flood or during times of drought. Deposition is common towards the end of a river’s journey, at the mouth .

Detailed explanation-5: -In rivers, deposition occurs along the inside bank of the river bend [This “area” is where water flows slower], while erosion occurs along the outside bank of the bend, where the water flows a lot faster.