Abrasion is a form of erosion caused by rubbing of fine particles against an object. The effect is much the same as using sandpaper. Rivers carry sediment (fine rock particles) that abrade the banks a [..]

The wearing away of particles of rock as they bounce along the riverbed or knock against each other and wear away becoming more rounded.

The name for any material deposited by a river. (Silt is tiny material carried by running water)

The ground at the side of a river

(Drainage basin)

(riverbed)

An artificial or man-made river channel.

A groove in the land that a river flows along.

(river cliff)

The flow of the river.