Right now, it has 28 member states: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, The Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, and The United Kingdom.
Streams erode sediment from their banks. They pick up and transport sediments. As a stream erodes its banks, it creates a V-shaped valley (Figure above). This contrasts with the U-shaped valleys created by glaciers.