Rivers and valleys
Introduction
Location map of different rivers in the British Isles
River features
- The shape of the landscape which is narrow and steep in the upper course of a river.
- A steep drop in a river.
- A bend in a river.
- A 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.
- Natural embankments made up of silt which are built up at the sides of a river.