Rivers Revision Booklet

Draw a sketch of the water cycle: make sure you can use the correct terms including precipitation, surface run off, impermeable and permeable:

The Drainage Basin

Describe the four different types of erosion: 1 2 3 4

1 2 3 What are the three types of weathering? What is mass movement? ____________________________________________________________________________________ Explain soil creep and slumping: Soil creep Slumping

Upper course of a river: Describe the characteristics of the Upper course of the River: include speed shape and size. Using a diagram in the space above – explain the formation of a waterfall. Make sure you explain the processes that go on and number your annotations to show the order that the processes happen.

Middle course of a river: Describe the characteristics of the middle course of the River: include speed shape and size. Draw the formation of a meander and annotate your diagram:

Lower course of a river: Describe the characteristics of the lower course of the River: include speed shape and size. Draw the formation of a ox-bow and annotate your diagram: Draw the formation of levees and annotate your diagram: also showing the floodplain

There are physical and human causes of flooding: Give three of each that could be the structure of a 6 mark question if asked: PHYSICAL ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ HUMAN ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

In order to minimise flooding we predict and prepare: Give examples of how we do each: Forecasting and education Planning and building design Hard and soft engineering techniques 6 mark Q: Explain the management techniques used on a river you have studied: ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

6 mark questions; So far, 6 mark questions have been testing your knowledge of flooding and flood management; June 2010 Choose a river you have studied. Explain how that river is managed January 2011 Explain the effects of flooding on people and the environment June 2011 Explain how the effects of river flooding can be reduced