Landform Picture and description Formation (description/
labelled diagram)
Braided river ● Interconnected ● Formed in rivers with
shallow channels heavy load of
sediment
● Separated by alluvial
and shingle bars ● Rivers with varying
seasonal flow
● Eaford in Iceland
Meanders ● A bend in a river ● Formed when water in
channel the river erodes the
● Occur on flat land banks on the outside
where the river is of the channel.
large and established ● The water deposits
sediment on the
inside of the channel.
Waterfalls/ Georges ● A river or other body ● The soft rock erodes,
of water's steep fall leaving a hard ledge
over a rocky ledge over which the stream
into a plunge pool falls
below
Deltas ● Wetlands that form as
rivers empty their
water and sediment
into another body of
water
labelled diagram)
Braided river ● Interconnected ● Formed in rivers with
shallow channels heavy load of
sediment
● Separated by alluvial
and shingle bars ● Rivers with varying
seasonal flow
● Eaford in Iceland
Meanders ● A bend in a river ● Formed when water in
channel the river erodes the
● Occur on flat land banks on the outside
where the river is of the channel.
large and established ● The water deposits
sediment on the
inside of the channel.
Waterfalls/ Georges ● A river or other body ● The soft rock erodes,
of water's steep fall leaving a hard ledge
over a rocky ledge over which the stream
into a plunge pool falls
below
Deltas ● Wetlands that form as
rivers empty their
water and sediment
into another body of
water
