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Tenacious Rivers - 5 Major Fluvial Erosional Landforms

In this session, Dr. Manishika Jain explains the various fluvial erosional landforms like V Shaped valley, Gorge, Canyon, Waterfalls, Meanders, Terraces, Cuesta, Pools, Riffles, their formations and more.

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Mechanical action is river load striking against rocks
Force of running water wearing down rocks.
Chemical action includes corrosion or solution.
Vertical direction- down cutting or lateral- valley broadening.
The lowest level is called its base level. The sea level considered the Grand Base Level

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Ox-Bow Lake

Outer curve of a meander accentuated
Inner ends of the loop gets disconnected from the main channel
Converted into swamps in due course of time.
Southwards shifting of Ganga has left many ox-bow lakes to the north of the present course of the Ganga.

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✍ Manishika