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Long Profile of a river
Cross Profile of a river
In the Upper Course of a river the river has a steep gradient, a small discharge, a smaller width and the river is a steep V-shape.
In the Middle Course of a river the river has a gentler gradient, a bigger width, a bigger discharge and the river is U-shape.
In the Lower Course of a river the river has an almost flat gradient, a large discharge, a large amount of material but small and rounded because of erosional processes such as attrition and hydraulic action and the river is a wide U-shape.
The source of a river can be a spring, a melting glacier in the mountains or wetlands: marshes and bogs.
Part of river
Feature
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