Activity:

1. Work in pairs and test each other.

a. One partner should try to describe the four types of erosion.
The four erosions:
1) By corrasion – where sand and pebbles are dragged alog the river
bed, wearing itaway-
2) By hydraulic action – where fast-flowing water is forced into cracks
breaking up the bank over time.
3) By attrition- where rocks and stones wear each other away as they
knock together, becoming smaller and more rounded.
4) By solution - where rocks such as limestone are dissolver in acid
rainwater.
b. The other partner should try to describe the four ways in which a river
transports its load.
The four river transports its load:
1) Smaller stones or pebbles are picked up and then dropped again. This
results in a skipping motion called saltation.
2) Large stones are dragged along by traction.
3) Havier material is carried along the bottom. It is called the bedload.
4) Tiny participles of sediment are carried in suspension in the river’s
current.
       2.    For each set of words below, decide which is the odd one out and explain your
choice.

 Solution, attrition, valley, abrasion.

Valleys have no movement for this type of erosion.
 Suspension, channel, traction, load
 Hydric action, saltation, suspension, tractions
 Corrasion, hydraulic action, attrition, traction

Activity:
a. What is the cause of this? What type of transport is taking place?
What size of particle is being transported?
- The cause is that, after a heavy rain, rivers often look brown because of
the suspension. The particles are smaller.
b. Suggest why the tributary’s water is clear.
- The water is clear because it have less current, since it is in the city and
flows into the other river.

Why the deposition happens

Sedimentation occurs when a river loses velocity (energy). This can be due to several
reasons, for example, the diminution of the river's surface area due to runoff after heavy
rains or the confluence of a river with a riverbed or lake, usually forming a plain. The river
flows slower in the bends.
- A decrease in gradient
- A decrease in river flow (discharge) as water drains away after heavy
rain.
- The river meeting the sea or a lake, often forming a delta.
- The river flowing more slowly on the inside of bends.

Discharge
The volume of water flowing down the river at any time. It is measured in cubic meters per
second. In climates with wet and dry seasons, or in areas affected by spring snowmelt, flow
rates can vary greatly.