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Rivers Typeit

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The Upper Course 

In the upper course of a river,  is the dominant process. The river cuts for itself a deep V-shaped   mainly through hydraulic action and . Along its journey, where slabs of  rock are encountered, a waterfall may form. Here, the softer rock is  and, once the upper layer is exposed, chunks of it fall into a  where they are ground down through  in the swirling waters. In the upper course, the valley tends to be  and the river is full of  boulders which have yet to be  further downstream.

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