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प्रश्न
Mention the three courses of a river with any two land forms associated to each course.
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उत्तर
The course of a river is divided into
- The Upper course
- The Middle course
- The Lower course.
- The land features carved by a river in its upper course are V-shaped valleys, gorges, canyons, rapids, pot holes, spurs and waterfalls.
- In the middle course of a river some typical land forms like alluvial fans, flood plains, meanders, oxbow lakes etc., are formed.
- The lower course of a river develops typical landforms like delta and estuary.
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