river classification

river classification
rivers or sections thereof are classified by geological aging. Young river sections are usually at headwaters and have low fertility but high oxygen levels, middle-aged river sections are further downstream and more fertile while mature sections are deep, slow-moving, highly fertile and have low oxygen levels

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