Rivers shape the very landscapes in which we live. When a river does this, what do we call it?
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The correct answer is - Weathering or erosion.
The flowing nature of water from the river streams have a lot of power which can carve and also shape a certain landscape. There are many such landforms, for example, the Grand Canyon in the state of Arizona, the U.S., was sculpted over time by the flow of the rivers. This process of shaping a landscape is called as weathering or as erosion.
The flowing nature of water from the river streams have a lot of power which can carve and also shape a certain landscape. There are many such landforms, for example, the Grand Canyon in the state of Arizona, the U.S., was sculpted over time by the flow of the rivers. This process of shaping a landscape is called as weathering or as erosion.
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Answer is - weathering or erosion.
The flowing water of a river has the power to carve and shape the landscape. There are many landforms which have been sculpted by rivers over time. For example, the Grand Canyon in Arizona in the United States.
When the river flows downwards with a lot of force in the mountainous regions it tears away rocks and soil along its bed and carries them downstream. It carves a narrow, V-shaped valley. Rapids and waterfalls are formed near the sources of rivers.
When the river meets the ocean it deposits a huge amount of sediment which leads to the formation of deltas.
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