River Landforms

What landform can you see in the picture?

• U shaped valley

• V Shaped Valley

• Floodplain

• Waterfall

Which landform can be seen in the photo?

• Waterfall

• Estuary

• Inter-locking Spur

• Meander

What landform can you see in this picture?

• Waterfall

• V Shaped Valley

• Meander

• Ox-bow lake

What is the deep water called beneath a waterfall?

• Plunge bath

• Mermaids retreat

• Plunge pool

• Pool

Waterfalls - what is the gap called between the hard and soft rock created by erosion?

• Deadman's drop

• Hole

• Erosional gap

• Overhang

Which two erosional processes create waterfalls?

• Solution

• Abrasion

• Hydraulic Action

• Attrition

Name this waterfall

• Low Force

• Medium Force

• High Force

• Kelly's Waterfall

What landform can you see in the picture?

• Meanders

• Rapids

• Estuary

• V shaped valleys

What landform is created on the inside bend (...) of a meander and why?

• A slip off slope or river beach which is caused by erosion due to fast flowing water.

• A slip off slope or river beach which is caused be deposition due to slow flowing water.

• A deposit beach caused by deposition

• An erosional beach caused by erosion

What landform can be found on the outside bend of a meander(*) and why?

• A river cliff as the water flows slowly and deposits the load it is carrying.

• A river cliff as the water flows quickly on the outside bend eroding the bank through attrition.

• A river cliff

• A river cliff as the water flows quickly on the outside bend eroding the bank through hydraulic Action.