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How rivers shape the earth?

Updated: 8/17/2019
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They cut through valleys and down mountains and cause the soil to move aside. Sometimes they can meander back and forth.

Here are the 3 things that are involved in helping to make a river:

  1. EROSION
  2. DEPOSITION
  3. WEATHERING
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