Home›Rivers›Shaped ByBrowse ByShaped ByThis dimension credits the process that carved a body of water's own shape, whether erosion, glaciation or tectonic movement. Wikipedia describes erosion as "the action of surface processes (such as water flow or wind) that removes soil, rock, or dissolved material from one location on the Earth's crust and then transports it to another location where it is deposited," one of the most common shaping forces of all. Browsing by what shaped a body of water groups features carved by the same kind of natural process.FactsShaped BySourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonTypical SalinityWell-attestedFreshwater 1Shaped ByFilter Results18 entriesWater Body TypeAllRivers of Africa (4)Rivers of Asia (8)Rivers of Australia and Oceania (5)Rivers of Europe (7)Rivers of North America (7)Rivers of South America (4)ContinentAllAfrica (4)Asia (8)Australia (5)Europe (7)North America (7)South America (4)Area or Depth BandAll117,000 to 720,000 sq km (4)2,400 to 13,512 sq km (1)797,000 to 161,760,000 sq km (6)Flows ThroughAllAngola (1)Argentina (1)Australia (1)Bangladesh (1)Benin (1)Botswana (1)Brazil (3)Canada (3)China (3)Colombia (2)Egypt (1)Ethiopia (1)France (3)Germany (1)Guinea (1)India (3)Italy (1)Kazakhstan (1)Lesotho (1)Mali (1)Mexico (2)Mozambique (1)Myanmar (2)Namibia (2)Netherlands (1)New Zealand (2)Niger (1)Nigeria (1)Pakistan (1)Papua New Guinea (2)Peru (1)Poland (2)Russia (2)South Africa (2)South Sudan (1)Sudan (1)Switzerland (2)Thailand (3)Uganda (1)United Kingdom (1)United States (5)Uruguay (1)Zambia (1)Zimbabwe (1)LengthAll1,126 to 2,525 km (2)2,574 to 9,600 km (5)346 to 700 km (1)First Proposed YearAll1669 (1)1837 (1)1890 (1)1912 (1)Scientific Consensus YearAll1875 (1)1967 (2)Show ResultsBrowseCompareCanyon FormationShaped By1 entryContinental RiftingShaped By2 entriesDelta FormationShaped By5 entriesDeposition and SedimentationShaped By6 entriesEpeirogenyShaped By2 entriesErosionShaped By3 entriesFaultingShaped By2 entriesFloodingShaped By1 entryFloodplain FormationShaped By1 entryFluvial ErosionShaped By3 entriesGlacial ErosionShaped By2 entriesGlacial RetreatShaped By1 entryGlaciationShaped By4 entriesOrogenyShaped By2 entriesPlate TectonicsShaped By5 entriesRiver AvulsionShaped By1 entryRiver CaptureShaped By1 entryVolcanismShaped By2 entriesSources1. Body of water - Wikipediatier 2WikipediaBody of water, River definitionQuote, Body of water, River definitionRiver: A large, natural stream of freshwater.View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.