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A river flows from higher to lower ground, originating from mountains or glaciers and emptying into the sea. It has an upper course with swift flow and erosion, a middle course where speed reduces and meanders form, and a lower course where the river deposits silt and splits into distributaries to form deltas.
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1. Meanders form in rivers due to flooding and the occurrence of sand bars, pools, and riffles.
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- 3. •The origin of the river is called as the ‘source of the river’. •The source of river may be from a mountain or from the glaciers •The place where the river meets the sea is called its ‘mouth’.
- 5. What do you mean by course of a river? •It refers to the specific path that a river follows as it crosses the land.
- 6. The course of the river may be divided into: •1. The upper course (the youth stage) •2. The middle course (the maturity stage) •3. The lower course (the old stage)
- 8. The upper course •Here the river flows swiftly •Erosion happens •It forms valley and waterfalls
- 9. Middle course •The speed of the river gets reduced •The load of the river is deposited •Forms meanders and ox-bow lakes •Tributaries meet the main river
- 11. The lower course • Here the river divides into many distributaries • It starts depositing the fine silt called alluvium and forms delta • It is very fertile