When the river loses energy, it drops any of the material it has been carrying. This is known as deposition. The rate of erosion, transportation and deposition varies along a river’s course and ...

Rivers can reshape the landscape through processes of erosion and the transport and deposition of materials. Erosion involves the wearing away of rock and soil found along the river bed and banks.

Beavers create cascades of sequential dams that alter river corridor (the channel and ... Increasing atmospheric mercury (Hg) deposition in the western U.S., combined with beaver expansion, has the ...