Landforms of the Lower Course

A floodplain can be found on...

• High-lying, steep ground

• Low-lying, steep ground

• High-lying, flat ground

• Low-lying, flat ground

A floodplain is an area that...

• is covered in water when a river overflows it's banks.

• is permanently covered in flood water.

• is the river channel between it's banks.

• is the watershed.

Alluvium spread by flood water is good for...

• Building settlements

• Tourism

• Agriculture

• Industry

The natural embankments caused by the deposition of large material next to the river channel are called...

• Dams

• Bankful widths

• River Walls

• Levees

Sediment is distributed across the floodplain...

• Evenly

• Heaviest material closest to the channel, lightest material further away.

• Lightest material closest to the channel, heaviest material further away.

• Randomly

River deltas are found...

• at river mouths and estuaries.

• on river floodplains.

• next to meanders.

• all of the above

For deltas to form, seas need to be...

• deep, calm and windy.

• shallow with large destructive waves.

• deep and calm.

• shallow, calm and sheltered.

Deltas are landforms of...

• Erosion

• Transportation

• Deposition

• All of the above.

Deltas are important for people because they promote...

• Agriculture.

• Trade and transport.

• Fishing and tourism..

• All of the options.

Which of the following key terms is NOT associated with the formation of a delta

• Tributaries.

• Flocculation.

• Deposition.

• Beds of sediment.