Human activities on rivers

Building dams to create reservoirs and to generate electricity is one of the many ways humans use rivers for their own benefit.Image from www.metacoustics.com

river otter video

This is a video of river otters from www.youtube.com

Features of deposition by rivers

The Nile delta is considered to be an arcuate delta( ie.it is arc shaped).The topsoil in the delta is up to 70 feet deep. It is approximately 160 km in length from north to south. It is one of the world's largest river deltas,stretching from Alexandria in the west to Port Said in the east and covering 240 km of the Mediterranean coastline. This region supports much agriculture due to its fertile soil. Image from www.traveltoegypt.com

Features of erosion by rivers

The Colorado River in Arizona,USA takes a 180 degree turn at the Horseshoe Bend which the river has formed by eroding the Navaho sandstone over millions of years. Image from www.oceanlight.com

waterfall image

From www.permissionresearch.com/images

Oxbow lakes

Oxbow lakes are horseshoe shaped lakes found on the flood plain of a river. This is a diagram of their formation from courses.missouristate.edu

Waterfalls

This is a diagram of the erosion processes taking place in a waterfall. Examples of waterfalls in Ireland are Powerscourt Waterfall,Co. Wicklow,Glencar Waterfall, Co.Leitrim and Torc Waterfall,Co.Kerry.