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RIVERS
STAGES IN A RIVER’S DEVELOPMENT Watershed (divide between
drainage systems)
Medial Valley Mountain of
Gully moraine Glacier head impermeable
rock
Interlocking spur
Glacier snout
V-shaped valley
Terminal
moraine
Tributary stream
Meltwater
Rapids
Lake
River cliff
Waterfall
Eroded
boulders
Low
inside bank
Plunge
Steep pool
outside bank
Flood-
plain
Meander
Bluff
Oxbow
lake
Point bar
Levee
Distributary
Cliff Beach Delta Larger sedimentary particles Smaller sedimentary particles
deposited close to shore carried farther from river mouth
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