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Rivers- Physical geography

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  • 02-06-2005 8:02pm
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    Only Human
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    I'm doing Waterfalls, V-shaped Valleys and mans influence on the Rhone. I'm a little confused over the deposition feature on a river. I was thinking of doing meanders and oxbow lakes but these are features of deposition and erosion. I think I can remember my geography teacher telling me that there was some kind of restriction on it. Does anyone know what the story with meanders and ox-bow lakes for the feature of deposition is?


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    Jonny Arson
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    Only Human wrote:
    I'm doing Waterfalls, V-shaped Valleys and mans influence on the Rhone. I'm a little confused over the deposition feature on a river. I was thinking of doing meanders and oxbow lakes but these are features of deposition and erosion. I think I can remember my geography teacher telling me that there was some kind of restriction on it. Does anyone know what the story with meanders and ox-bow lakes for the feature of deposition is?

    Ok its a year since I did my leaving so I'm a bit sketchy but I'm almost certain that ox-bow lakes were features of BOTH depostion and erosion. Not sure about meanders though... never liked them but I think meanders are only a feature of erosion.... not sure though.


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    Only Human
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    Zane from MTV2 wrote:
    Ok its a year since I did my leaving so I'm a bit sketchy but I'm almost certain that ox-bow lakes were features of BOTH depostion and erosion. Not sure about meanders though... never liked them but I think meanders are only a feature of erosion.... not sure though.
    Meanders are both erosion and deposition. I think I'll just do floodplains instead. Thanks anyway.


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    thegloriousend
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    Go for Meanders as your process of depostion my friend. They are erosional and depositional, but nobody actually ever uses them for features of erosion.


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    the smiley one
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    I heard something about this as well.... like that you aren't allowed to do ox-bow lakes cuz they are both processes of erosion and deposition.... that leaves me well f*cked if rivers comes up.....already had to change to another feature......I really don't like geography (only comfort - after the exam I will never have to do it again..........EVER..........muhahahahahaha!!!!!

    sorry.........really don't like the subject....

    :)


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