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Middle Course of River Powerpoint
Middle Course of River Powerpoint
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Objectives: To revise the three courses of a river.
Revise the features in the courses of a river.
Nicole
The upper course of a
river
The upper course is found in the mountains and hills where the
river rises from its source in the mountains were the rivers starts
off in streams the ground is like a sponge . Often waterfalls and
rapids are also found in this course. The river is usually fast flowing
in the upper course. There are lots of stones and boulders for the
water to flow over. The river starts as a stream in the upper course
and flows through V-Shaped valleys.
Water flows over hard rock. When it reaches the soft rock, the
water starts to erode or wear away the soft rock. Over
thousands of years, the soft rock is eroded and the river begins
to cut down vertically into the rock. This makes a cliff over
which the water can topple. Over time, the cliff becomes
steeper and deeper and a waterfall is formed. At the bottom of
the waterfall a plunge pool is created. Some of the water
splashes onto the cliff and makes a large, hollow plunge pool by
The middle course of a river
The middle course is where the river starts to
become wider and deeper because loads of
small streams which are formed in the upper
course of the river form into one. The land
which the river flows over becomes flatter. The
river starts to meander or bend in the middle
course which can also form some oxbow lakes.
Oxbow lakes
Meanders