Alluvial river
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alluvial-river-228-25661
title:
Alluvial river
text:
An alluvial river is one in which the bed and banks are made up of mobile sediment and/or soil. Alluvial rivers are self-formed, meaning that their channels are shaped by the magnitude and frequency of the floods that they experience, and the ability of these floods to erode, deposit, and transport sediment. For this reason, alluvial rivers can assume a number of forms based on the properties of their banks; the flows they experience; the local riparian ecology; and the amount, size, and type of
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Type of river
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alluvial_river
date created:
2009-08-21T16:30:56Z
date modified:
2024-09-15T10:50:38Z
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13
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