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Work of Rivers in Geography Class 7

This document discusses landforms created by erosion and deposition from natural forces. It describes how weathering and erosion shape the landscape over time by breaking down and transporting rocks and soil. Rivers begin in high upland areas and flow downhill due to gravity, eroding the land as they flow and creating characteristic landforms like meanders, cut-off lakes, floodplains, and deltas at their mouths where they empty into seas. The document provides examples of some of the tallest waterfalls in the world and assigns modeling the course of a river as homework.

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Work of Rivers in Geography Class 7

This document discusses landforms created by erosion and deposition from natural forces. It describes how weathering and erosion shape the landscape over time by breaking down and transporting rocks and soil. Rivers begin in high upland areas and flow downhill due to gravity, eroding the land as they flow and creating characteristic landforms like meanders, cut-off lakes, floodplains, and deltas at their mouths where they empty into seas. The document provides examples of some of the tallest waterfalls in the world and assigns modeling the course of a river as homework.

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OUR CHANGING EARTH -CLASS - VII

GEOGRAPHY
Earth Movements

Endogenic forces Exogenic forces

Earthquake, volcano, River, Wind, Sea


Landslides. waves, Glaciers
Learning Objective

You will be able to identify erosion,


weathering and deposition as major
agents of changes seen on the
gradational landforms
The landscape is continuously being worn away by two processes:

Weathering: It is the breaking up of rocks on the earth’s surface. It creates rock


fragments.

Erosion: It is the wearing away of landscape by different agents like wind, water
and ice. The eroded material is carried away or transported by water, wind, etc. and
eventually deposited.

Different landforms are created on the earth’s surface because of erosion and
deposition.
ORIGIN OF RIVER

Rivers usually begin in upland areas, when rain falls on high ground and
begins to flow downhill. They always flow downhill because of gravity. They
then flow across the land - meandering - or going around objects such as
hills or large rocks.

Source of River: Glacier or surface water

Parts of River:
● Upper course
● Middle course
● Lower course
DID YOU KNOW: FACTS

● There are thousands of small waterfalls in the world.

● The highest waterfall is Angel Falls of Venezuela in South


America.

● The other waterfalls are Niagara falls located on the border


between Canada and USA in North America and
● The largest waterfall is Victoria Falls on the borders of Zambia
and Zimbabwe in Africa.
RECAPITULATION : Work of a River
● The running water in the river erodes the landscape. When the river tumbles at
steep angle over very hard rocks or down a steep valley side it forms a waterfall
● As the river enters the plain it twists and turns forming large bends known as
meanders.
● In due course of time the meander loop cuts off from the river and forms a cut-
off lake, also called an ox-bow lake
● At times the river overflows its [Link] leads to the flooding of the
neighbouring areas. As it floods, it deposits layers of fine soil and other material
called sediments along its banks.
● This leads to the formation of a flat fertile floodplain. The raised banks are called
levees.
● As the river approaches the sea, the speed of the flowing water decreases and
the river begins to break up into a number of streams called distributaries.
● Each distributary forms its own mouth. The collection of sediments from all the
mouths forms a delta.
ASSIGNMENT

● Find out the names of a few rivers of the world that form a delta.

● Name the longest rivers and largest waterfalls in India.

● Create a model of the course of the river.

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