7. Fluvial Landforms (Latin: Fluvius=River)

In humid regions, which receive heavy rainfall running water is considered the most important of the geomorphic agents in bringing about the degradation of the land. The landforms either carved out (due to erosion) or built up (due to deposition) by running water are called Fluvial Landforms (both erosional and depositional) and the running waters which shape them are called fluvial process.

Fluvial processes involve both the overland flow of water down the slope, and stream flow in which water moves in a channel along a valley bottom.