The Eden Basin A-level Geog CGP P18/19

The Eden drainage basin lies between which two mountain ranges?

• Pennine Way

  and

  Grampians

• Lake District

  and

  Pennines

• Lake District

  and

  The Cheviot Hills

Match the following

• The Eden river source is in the

• Pennines

• The Eden river drains the north west

• Lake District Fells

• The Eden river drains the north east

• Pennine Hills

In which English county is the source of the River Eden located?

• Cheshire

• Cumbria

• Durham

The ​ (a)   of the River Eden is in the Solway ​ (b)   at the Scottish border

• mouth
• Firth
• source
• Forth

As the River Eden flows north-west it flows through Appleby-in-Westmorland and ...........

• Ambleside

• Carlisle

• Penrith

• Windermere

The Eden river basin is largely .............

• 
• 
• 

The upland areas that drains into the River Eden experiences extreme weather that can cause ​ (a)   downstream

• flooding
• land slippage
• damage

Why is Carlisle particularly vulnerable to flooding?

^{Tick 2 correct answers}

• It has a steep hinterland

• Its lies at the confluence of three rivers

• It is fairly low-lying

What three rivers merge at Carlisle ?

• Caldew

• Eden

• Kirby

• Petteril

(a)   than the national average in the Eden Basin because of the ​ (b)   of the area.

• higher
• relief
• lower
• terrain