Rivers

How many stages are there in stream development?

• 2

• 3

• 4

• 5

A young stream

• meanders

• Flows rapidly

• May have waterfalls

• Located on steep valleys

Mature streams

• Flow more swiftly than young streams

• Meanders

• Water is slowed by friction

• may have waterfalls

An old stream

• may have waterfalls

• An example would be lower Mississippi river

• Located on flat broad floodplain

• Flows slowly

The top part of the Mississippi river is

• old

• young

• mature

• new