Title : Studying the Characteristic Features of Caura River.

Name of Candidate : Tsarina Deonarinesingh

Registration Number :
Name of School: St. Josephs Convent San Fernando

According to the findings, the most dominant at the inner, centre of channel and outer bank was SubAngular. This happens because the velocity of the water is fairly slow. Large, fast flowing rivers have
more energy for erosion. Since this was a fairly slow flowing river, there was less energy for erosion. The
slow flow of water does not damage the rock much, but due to mountainous areas, erosion still did take
place and affected the rocks. Rocks over a period of time, will wear down no matter what. This accounts
for the one or two sharp edges on the rock. Sub Angular rocks are irregular in shape and have one or
two sharp edges. The rest of the rock is smooth. This is due to the erosion and attrition of rocks
throughout the stream. The Caura River, being located in a mountainous area has potential energy
which allows it to erode the material on its banks and beds and to transport it. Since the river does not
have enough energy to transport all of its material, some of its load will be deposited. Deposition is
carried downstream and thrown against each other in the process as well. This leads to further wearing
away of the rocks. They are worn away and gradually become more rounded as they are carried
downstream. As the load continues to hit against each other, it is further more exposed to erosion. Hilly
terrain made erosion the dominant process in the Caura River. Due to these deposits, slips off slopes
were formed at the convex bank. Also, lack of these deposits at the concave bank cause meanders.

Conclusion:
Erosional and depositional features along the Caura River between pool one and two, of the middle
course were successfully observed. Features such as deposition, which was in a fairly large expanse at
the convex bank, slowing the flow of water. Other hindrances of water flow were observed such as a
huge boulder and a man made dam. Meanders at the concave bank were observed. Measurements
were taken and it was found that the concave bank has the highest velocity, due to the lack of deposits
and under currents that deposit material in the inner bank. These under currents that deposit material
in the inner bank caused the convex bank to have the slowest velocity due to the abundance of
deposition. The centre of the channel had a velocity of 0.26 m/s which was slower than the concave but
faster than the convex. Different rock types were found throughout the river, but the most dominant
rock found was sub angular rock which are rocks that are irregular in shape and have one or two sharp
edges. The shapes of these rocks were due to the attrition and erosion that occurs in the middle course.
Potential Energy caused by the flow of water from mountainous areas allows erosion. The Caura River
over the years has been affected by man in ways such as the man made dam which slows the flow of
water. Hindrances like these cause flowing water to find alternate routes of flowing. Many factors affect
the river and flow of water.

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