Question

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(a) The winding sections or loops of a stream are known as ___________.
(b) The load deposited by a river at the foot of a mountain while descending from it, is called ____________.

Answer 1

Answer:

1. watercourse
2. velocity

Answer 2

(a) The winding sections or loops of a stream are known as meanders.

(b) The load deposited by a river at the foot of a mountain while descending from it is called bahada.

Meandar is caused by a stream due to erosion of sediments and comprises a concave outer cut bank and deposits it on a convex inner bank. This results in forming a sinuous course.

Bahada is the debris deposited by shifting streams at the foot of mountains. It is usually found in semiarid and arid climates.