River AQA GCSE

Stones bash together becoming smaller and rounder

• Abrasion

• Hydraulic action

• Attrition

• Solution

Stones bounce along the river bed

• Traction

• Saltation

• Suspension

• Solution

When does deposition not happen?

• Inside of a meander

• When a river floods onto its floodplain

• When the river slows down

• When discharge increases

Which landform does not require vertical erosion?

• V-shaped valleys

• Levees

• Waterfalls

• Interlocking spurs

Which statement is not true? Downstream the river...

• becomes wider

• becomes deeper

• becomes steeper

• carries rounder stones

Which type of rock is on top in a waterfall?

• More resistant (hard)

• Less resistant (soft)

An estuary forms where a river meets the ___and deposits fine sediment forming ________

In a meander the fastest flow is on the _______ of the bend causing _______

Identify the example of hard engineering

• River restoration

• Flood warnings and evacuation

• Plating trees (affroestation)

• Embankments

Identify the example of soft engineering

• Flood relief channel

• Floodplain zoning

• Channel straightening

• Dams