An aggrading type river is a : 

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  1. Scouring river
  2. Silting river
  3. Both silting and scouring
  4. Neither silting nor scouring

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Option 2 : Silting river
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Concept:

Aggrading Rivers:

  • These rivers collect sediments and build up its bed by silting.
  • As the silting process goes on, the bed slope of aggrading rivers get increased, which is shown below.
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  • Aggrading rivers also known as Accreting Rivers.

Additional Information 

  • The rivers which displaces sediment and carry on scouring are known as degrading rivers.
  • The river which curves and bends back and forth across the landscape and swings from side to side is called meandering rivers and this process is known as meandering.
  • In the absence of rain, many seasonal rivers show depletion in flow in the dry season because the source of water starts depleting
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