الاشكال الارضية والخرائط

Rivers and Drainage

Drainage Types

Stages of Stream Development

Initial Stage:
Fast moving 

stream, narrow 

valley

Second Stage:
Meanders develop, 

widening floodplain

Last Stage:
Wide floodplain, 

yazoo streams, and 

oxbow lakes 

develop

Cutbanks and Point Bars

Development of Delta

Deltaic Lobe Switching