GCSE RIvers

Which of these is an input?

• vegetation

• precipitation

• throughflow

• discharge

what is the store when water is held by vegetation called?

Spot the odd one out

• overland flow

• throughflow

• surface runoff

• watershed

This diagram shows a meander. What is the feature labelled B called?

• river cliff

• river erosion

• point bar

• deposition

Which process occurs at C

• deposition

• erosion

• transport

The image shows a waterfall. What do we call the feature where the water gathers at the base of the waterfall?

• Rapids

• Step

• plunge pool

• bedload

Rivers flood regularly in the lower course. What do we call the features that develop on the banks when the river floods.

Floods can be caused by people and their actions or human factors. Which of the following is a human factor that could result in flooding?

• Heavy rainfall

• Wet soils from prolonged rainfall

• Planting trees

• building on floodplains

Deforestation is what type of cause of flooding?

• Human

• Physical

How high are the levees built along the Mississippi river?

• 13m

• 15m

• 17m

• 25m