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River Landforms

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<p><strong>What is a </strong><span style="color: rgb(250, 0, 252);"><strong><u><mark data-color="#ffdafd" style="background-color: rgb(255, 218, 253); color: inherit;">HEADLAND</mark></u></strong></span><strong><mark data-color="#ffdafd" style="background-color: rgb(255, 218, 253); color: inherit;">?</mark></strong></p>

What is a HEADLAND?

Land that STICKS OUT INTO THE OCEAN.

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<p><strong>What is a </strong><span style="color: rgb(1, 134, 185);"><strong><u><mark data-color="#dbf5ff" style="background-color: rgb(219, 245, 255); color: inherit;">BRAIDED STREAM</mark></u></strong></span><strong>?</strong></p>

What is a BRAIDED STREAM?

A river that splits into MANY SMALL CHANNELS (shallow)

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<p><strong>What is a </strong><span style="color: rgb(19, 180, 0);"><strong><u><mark data-color="#d8ffdb" style="background-color: rgb(216, 255, 219); color: inherit;">MEANDERING</mark></u></strong></span><strong> stream?</strong></p>

What is a MEANDERING stream?

A river that has WINDING BENDS + CURVES (deep)

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<p><strong>What is a </strong><span style="color: rgb(186, 113, 0);"><strong><u><mark data-color="#ffd086" style="background-color: rgb(255, 208, 134); color: inherit;">DELTA</mark></u></strong></span><strong>?</strong></p>

What is a DELTA?

Land formed → river DROPS SEDIMENT → MEETS A LARGER BODY OF WATER (Ex. Ocean)