FLUVIAL PROCESSES

WHICH ONE IS NOT A FLUVIAL PROCESS

• EROSION

• DEPOSITION

• LONG PROFILE

• TRANSPORTATION

EROSION IS THE ....

• TRANSPORTATION OF SEDIMENTS

• BREAK DOWN AND TRANSPORTATION OF SEDIMENTS

• LAYING DOWN OF SEDIMENTS

TRANSPORTATION IS THE

• LAYING DOWN OF SEDIMENTS

• BREAK DOWN AND TRANSPORTATION OF SEDIMENTS

• MOVEMENT OF ERODED SEDIMENTS

WHICH IS NOT AN EROSIONAL PROCESS?

• ATTITION

• HYDRAULIC ACTION

• ABRASION

• SUSPENSION

ABRASION IS THE ....

• SCRAPING AND SCOURING ACTION OF A RIVER

• PEBBLES KNOCK AGAINST EACH OTHER

• WEAK ACIDS DISSOLVE CARBONIFEROUS ROCKS

TRACTION IS THE ....

• ROLLING OF LARGE BOULDERS ON THE RIVER BED

• BOUNCING OF LARGER PARTICLES ON THE RIVER BED

• SMALL PARTICLES FLOAT ON THE SURFACE OF THE RIVER

ATTRITION IS A PROCESS WHERE ....

• PEBBLES SCRAP ON THE BED OF THE RIVER

• PEBBLES KNOCK AGAINST EACH OTHER

• LIMESTONE IS DISSOLVED IN THE RIVER

WHICH FACTOR DOES NOT CAUSE A RIVER TO DEPOSIT ITS LOAD?

• FLOODING

• SHALLOW WATER IN A MEANDER

• RIVER IS FLOWING RAPIDLY

RIVER COMPETENCE IS THE

• MAXIMUM LOAD THAT A RIVER CAN CARRY

• MINIMUM LOAD THAT A RIVER CAN CARRY

• THE TOTAL VOLUME OF SEDIMENT A RIVER CAN CARRY

THE LONG PROFILE OF A RIVER IS

• MIDDLE COURSE OF THE RIVER

• A CROSS- SECTION OF A RIVER FROM ONE BANK TO ANOTHER

• SECTION OF A RIVER FROM THE SOURCE TO THE MOUTH