Just as water moves through a river, rivers themselves move across the landscape. They carve valleys and canyons, create ...

meandering river in a shallow channel in the bottom of an almost flat plain. Because of the too-gradual northward slope, it takes too long for water to get downstream. A sudden increase in water ...

The meandering path of the river can just about be seen across the flat green section in the middle of the photograph. The flat river flood plain is very obvious as is the high land that surrounds ...