Geomorphology overview

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Contents 1 geomorphology overview 1.1 mass wasting 1.2 river systems 1.2.1 features of rivers 1.2.2 drainage networks

geomorphology overview

• try a gallery walk? print out photos and ask them to interpret the features. instructions here
  • do a short survey at end about how effective they thought the gallery walk was and whether they would like to do it again.

mass wasting

• image gallery

river systems

• go through examples from this website

• movie of river meanders meandering

features of rivers

• channel
• valley
• floodplain
• features:
  • meanders
  • point bars
  • oxbow lakes
    • see fig. 18.3
  • braided streams
  • levees

drainage networks

• divide
• drainage basin
  • dendritic drainage
  • rectangular drainage
  • trellis drainage
  • radial drainage
• drainage patterns through time
  • antecedent stream
  • superposed stream