This childhood picture, taken by
the river barely captures the true depth of the body of water featured or its many fluvial
processes. The river is a part of the hydrologic cycle, meaning that should
water fall on raised landmasses, it will inevitably flow back in the direction
of sea level due to gravity’s pull. As this
water flows downstream, it produces kinetic energy and this force carries
sediment produced by weathering processes at increased velocities, and both “flows”
water and sediment help in deciphering the river system’s behaviour. In this
case, the river shown in the photograph is low in kinetic energy due to its
lethargic flow downstream, hence one might say that this particular flow
suggest the disparity of sediment in the river shown.
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