Prelims · 3 Physical & World Geography · 3.3 Rocks and geomorphology

3.3.4 Fluvial landforms: V-shaped valleys to meanders, ox-bow lakes and deltas

Running water is the most widespread agent of erosion: in its upper course it cuts V-shaped valleys, gorges and waterfalls, and in its lower course it builds floodplains, levees, meanders, ox-bow lakes and deltas.

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Key terms

  • running water
  • fluvial
  • V-shaped valley
  • gorge
  • canyon
  • pothole
  • plunge pool
  • waterfall
  • incised meander
  • entrenched meander
  • river terrace
  • alluvial fan
  • delta
  • floodplain
  • natural levee
  • point bar
  • meander
  • ox-bow lake
  • braided channel
  • estuary
  • drainage pattern

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  6. Common trapsFoundation
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