1. Physical Landscapes in the UK
An overview of the location of major upland/lowland areas and river systems
Upland/Lowland
Rivers
Deposition
Key Features –Deposition
Characteristics
Formation
Levees
Floodplains
Estuaries
Key Features - Erosion
Characteristics
Formation
Interlocking Spurs
Waterfalls
Gorges
River landscapes in the UK
Long Profile
Cross Profile
UK River Example of Landforms (Tees)
Meander (Yarm)
High Force Waterfall
Estuary
Unit 1c
Physical Landscapes in the UK
Processes
Erosion
Abrasion
Attrition
Hydraulic Action
Solution
Lateral
Vertical
Transportation
Traction
Saltation
Suspension
Key Features – Erosion & Deposition
Characteristics
Formation
Meanders
Ox-Bow Lakes
Flooding (Increasing Risk)
Human
Land Use
Physical
Precipitation
Geology
Relief

2. Hydrographs (Precipitation and Discharge) Glacial Landscapes in the UK
Maximum extent of ice cover across the UK during the last ice age
UK Example – Landforms (Snowdonia)
Process
Features of Erosion
Freeze-thaw weathering
Erosion – abrasion
Plucking
Movement and transportation – rotational slip
Bulldozing
Deposition – why glaciers deposit sediment (till and outwash).
corries,
Arêtes & pyramidal peaks
truncated spurs,
glacial troughs,
ribbon lakes
hanging valleys
Costs and Benefits of Hard and Soft Engineering
Hard Benefits
Dams and reservoirs
Straightening,
Embankments,
Flood relief channels
Hard Costs
Soft Benefits
Flood warnings and preparation,
Flood plain zoning,
Planting trees
River restoration
Soft Costs
Features of Transportation and Deposition
Economic Uses of glaciated areas (and conflict)
Erratics
Drumlins
Types of Moraine
Tourism, Faming, Forestry and Quarrying
Tourism (Attractions; impacts; Strategies) Lake District
Attractions
Social
Economic
Environmental
Management
An example of a flood management scheme in the UK (Banbury)
Why the scheme was required
The management strategy
Issues: Social
Economic
Environmental