Geography GCSE
Deposition
What Deposition means in Geography GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definitions of Deposition
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Reference: AQA
The primary process by the time the river reaches the lower course, where the valley becomes very wide and flat.
The primary process in the lower course, occurring anywhere the river loses energy and resulting in floodplains.
The dropping of sediment by a river when it loses energy and can no longer transport its load.
The dropping of transported material when river velocity decreases and the river loses energy.
Occurs when wave energy decreases, dropping sediment to form features like beaches.
Occurs when the sea loses energy and drops the sediment it has been transporting.
Topics that use Deposition
- Coastal landscapes in the UK (AQA GCSE)
- River landscapes in the UK (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Abrasion
- Attrition
- Hard engineering
- Soft engineering
- Alluvium
- Backwash
- Channel straightening
- Cliff profiles
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