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What are the main 5 features of a river? Source etc
What are the 3 jobs of any river?
What are the 4 erosion types?
What are the 4 deposition types?
What does the long and cross profile of a river look like and what features does each course have?
How do waterfalls and gorges form due to erosion?
How do meanders form due to erosion and deposition?
How do oxbow lakes form?
How do levees and floodplains form due to deposition?
What factors can cause a river’s volume to change? Think weather, relief, geology and type of surface.
What is a storm hydrograph and what do they inform us of?
What is the lag time on a storm hydrograph?
What are the physical and human causes of floods?
Which factors are the main cause of severe floods in the world?
What were the effects of flooding and the responses to it in Cockermouth, UK (MEDC) – case study
What were the effects of flooding and the responses to it in Bangladesh (LEDC) – case study
What are the differences between hard and soft engineering methods?
What examples do we know of hard and soft engineering and how does each prevent floods?
What are the social, economical and environmental impacts of dams (positives and negatives) – Three Gorges Dam case study
Why is there an increasing demand for water in the UK?
Why and how do we transfer water from areas of deficit to areas of surplus in the UK?
What are the social, economical and environmental impacts of these water transfers (positives and negatives) – River Vyrnwy
case study
Key word checklist
Erosion
Transportation
Deposition
Channel
Hydraulic action
Abrasion
Attrition
Solution
Vertical erosion
Lateral erosion
Load
Traction
Saltation
Suspension
Waterfall
Gorge
Meander
Oxbow lake
Floodplain
Levees