Rivers and valleys
Introduction
River features
- v-shaped valleyThe shape of the landscape which is narrow and steep in the upper course of a river.
- waterfallA steep drop in a river.
- meanderA bend in a river.
- oxbow lakesA curved lake formed where the main stream has cut through the neck of a meander bend. The lake is the loop of the former meander bend.
- 濒别惫茅别蝉Natural embankments made up of silt which are built up at the sides of a river.