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Rivers
All of the earth's rivers contain only Rivers start as very small streams and
about 0.0001% of the earth's water graduallygetbiggerasmoreandmore
waterisadded.Heavyrainsandspring
. That doesn't sound like very
meltwater add so much water to some
much,butriverscandosomeamazing rivers that they overflow their banks
things. andfloodthesurroundinglandscape.
Somerivershavelotsofsmallchannels
that continually split and join. These
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arecalledbraidedrivers.Braidedrivers
areusuallywidebutshallow.Theyform
on fairly steep slopes and where the
riverbankiseasilyeroded.
Riverload
Braidedrivers
Meanderingrivers
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Ifyoulookatamap ofriversand
Staticmap.
Drainagepatterns
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