Downstream portion

River channel

- deepest

- widest

- Largest volume of water

- Slowest speed

- Very gentle gradient        

         The river channel is deep and wide. It has the largest volume of water and load because the river brings these down from the upper courses. It flows over land with very gentle gradient

River Valley

- Broad

- Flat

- Bounded by bluffs

The type of the erosion that takes places here is lateral erosion. Vertical erosion has almost stopped. Its main activity is transporting and deposition.

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