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What are the two types of alluvial channels?
What are the two types of alluvial channels?
Meandering channel and braided channel
What is a meandering channel?
What is a meandering channel?
A channel that follows a winding course
What causes erosion on the outer bend of a meandering channel?
What causes erosion on the outer bend of a meandering channel?
Faster moving water
What is a cut bank?
What is a cut bank?
What is a point bar?
What is a point bar?
What is a meander cutoff?
What is a meander cutoff?
What is an oxbow lake?
What is an oxbow lake?
What is a braided channel?
What is a braided channel?
Where are braided channels commonly found?
Where are braided channels commonly found?
What are the banks of alluvial channels made up of?
What are the banks of alluvial channels made up of?
What are alluvial channels made of?
What are alluvial channels made of?
What causes erosion in alluvial channels?
What causes erosion in alluvial channels?
What is the process called when sediments settle in a slow-moving stream?
What is the process called when sediments settle in a slow-moving stream?
How do alluvial channels change their shape over time?
How do alluvial channels change their shape over time?
What is the term for the process of wearing away of sediment chunks from the banks of a channel?
What is the term for the process of wearing away of sediment chunks from the banks of a channel?
What are the two types of alluvial channels?
What are the two types of alluvial channels?
What is the main characteristic of meandering channels?
What is the main characteristic of meandering channels?
What is the main characteristic of braided channels?
What is the main characteristic of braided channels?
What is the main factor that determines whether a stream will meander or braid?
What is the main factor that determines whether a stream will meander or braid?
How do alluvial channels adjust and shift?
How do alluvial channels adjust and shift?
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