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Lower Course

Characteristics:

Lower Course Profile of a River Channel.

  • Deposition is dominant
  • The valley floor is has a broad flat flood plain.
  • The river banks (levees) are marked.
  • Meanders are pronounced and Oxbow lakes occur
  • Estuaries or deltas may develop.

Flood Plain of a River Channel, showing an ox-bow lake and bluffs either side of the flood plain.

The formation of Oxbows

Diagram showing the beginnings of an oxbow lake in a river channel.

 
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