'River Erosion: The Wrath of Nature Unveiled'

Watch this riveting YouTube video to get an in-depth look at how water shapes the earth, and the devastating effects of river erosion. Learn why it matters and what you can do to help. Don't miss out!

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[chadcastle]

This video was made as part of an introduction to the types of things we do in Civil Engineering and was uploaded by Capture VR. The idea was that there would be a virtual walkthrough of the labs and certain areas could be clicked on and a short video would appear to briefly demonstrate some of the problems involved in civil engineering. The video is to give school leavers and parents a visual that can be understood. Obviously this is not the level the University teaches but it is for people that may have played around with hoses, dug small river beds and experimented with water as children. It also takes some of us back to our schooldays and the oxbow lakes which I did mention but lost to the edit. Hydraulics labs have Venturi meters and flumes, hydraulic jumps, pipe flow, wave energy, open channel flow and many other experiments. This was just a little taster for those that are interested. There are lots of different things that can be done on the flow table but I only got to do one scenario and I'm glad most of you enjoyed it.

[UparmoredClownCar]

This is a great excuse to play with sand and trucks all day. Well played, sir, well played.

[gregwarner]

Cheap river front property for sale. Get it while it lasts.

[phoephoe]

This was my childhood in a nutshell.
Any beach with a river or pond and I'd happily spend the entire day digging channels and building dams.

[bigjimslim]

“Mom, I’ve been over this with you. It’s not a sandbox filled with children’s toys, it’s a highly sophisticated erosion simulation that just so happens to share striking similarities to a playground sandbox. Entirely coincidental.”

[emanuel.sk]

Everyone gangsta until you see a Lego man flowing down the river.

[DyadofBast]

Geology - like other subjects - would've been much more interesting if schools made them interactive and engaging, but oh well...

[tailgunnerhikes]

Now do it with some twigs representing river side trees.

[lyly_lei_lei]

“Also, in a few million years aliens would be very confused to dig up fossils of trucks.”

[bIler]

"We've run the experiments" is definitely a cover-up for playing in the sandbox

[jamesmihalcik]

This also shows what may have been an area suitable for use, quickly becomes completely unusable. Careful what you purchase and build on, in your off grid endeavors. Could also be an example of an expensive coastal development that was not properly maintained. Do you save the frogs or your poorly researched dreamhouse?

[Ben_Kimber]

I used to do this with a bucket at the beach all the time as a kid. I'd make this channel for the water to travel along that had all sorts of twists and turns, and often overly-steep dams of sand because I didn't understand how dams worked (though they sometimes managed to hold the water back anyway), and I'd pour the water down and watch how it eroded and changed the course of the stream. Now, over a decade later, I'm taking geology courses in university, and some of the material is reminding me of things I remember watching over and over at that beach.

[fabioborgogno]

Absolutely brilliant! As an hydraulic engineer I found this simple experiment so emotional since it represents so well the real behavior of many many real rivers

[TheDrexxus]

This is what I did every time I went to the beach as a kid. I'd make little barriers and buildings out of sand, then get a big bucket full of water to pour somewhere and watch it all change. Fascinated me as a kid.

[maximillianosaben]

I got a D, if not a D-, in my Geology class back in college. It was one of my favorite classes, and very fascinating, but the reading and homework was like Greek to me. The in-class work such as this or field trips were wildly engaging. I needed the help of seeing it practically or being explained, despite much of the material being rather simple to grasp oftentimes.

[RaderGH]

'Oxbow lakes are formed when a river's meander
gets too wibbly, wibbly, wobbly to maintain the course it's on...'

[SkiMtVidGame-aineer]

It’d be pretty cool to run the experiment with different layers of sediments to show how geography impacts erosion. A
Layers could be added and then flattened/compressed to form different densities to represent sediment types. Rocks place in the water stream would also be interesting. Trying to replicate the conditions that allow an Eddie to form would be tight

[zacharyfloyd]

This happened to the river in my town overnight due to flooding, it’s absolutely insane to see in full scale how the earth changes so quickly

[SudhirRaja]

A great demonstration of erosion by water. A good way to teach kids too. Thanks for sharing the video.

[dreamwolf]

What i have gathered from this video.

Water is lazy, but in a persistent, enduring manner. It will constantly seek the easiest route, while putting in minimal effort to eventually create the shortest route.