Rivers

Rivers

A river is a natural watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, a lake, a sea, or another river.

Contributors in Rivers

Rivers

It is an erosional feature of streams. Cut banks are found in abundance along mature or meandering streams, they are located on the outside of a stream bend, known as a meander. They are shaped much ...

Cold plunge

Water bodies; Rivers

It is a natural hydrologic fluvial landform feature or a constructed recreational garden feature. It is a stream pool, lake, or pond that is small in diameter, but deep. They can be small-diameter ...

Point bar

Water bodies; Rivers

This is a depositional feature of streams. Point bars are found in abundance in mature or meandering streams. They are crescent-shaped and located on the inside of a stream bend, being very similar ...

Time of concentration

Water bodies; Rivers

This a concept used in hydrology to measure the response of a watershed to a rain event. It is defined as the time needed for water to flow from the most remote point in a watershed to the watershed ...

Meander cutoff

Water bodies; Rivers

This occurs when a a meander bend in a river is breached by a chute channel that connects the two closest parts of the bend. This causes the flow to abandon the meander and to continue straight ...

Valley

Water bodies; Rivers

This is formed by flowing water, or river valley, is usually V-shaped. The exact shape will depends on the characteristics of the stream flowing through it. Rivers with steep gradients, as in ...

River bifurcation

Water bodies; Rivers

This occurs when a river flowing in a single stream separates into two or more separate streams (called distributaries) which continue downstream. River bifurcation may be temporary or ...