RIVER DEVELOPMENT 



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RIVER EROSION. 

 Cutting down the outer side of the curve and depositing on the inner. 



which has been brought to it by tributaries, that it is con- 

 tinually being forced to deposit some of its load. Thus it 

 silts up its course and flows in a network of interlacing 



THE PLATTE RIVER. 



shallow channels. The Platte as it crosses the plains of 

 Nebraska is an example of such an overloaded river. 

 When a stream swings around a curve, the swiftest part 



