River Processes

1. All of the following are landforms of depositional course of a river except

• Plunge pool

• Ox-bow lake

• Leeves

• Flood plain

2. Which of the following processes is most suitable for the tranportation of limestone?

• Saltation

• Traction

• Solution

• Suspension

The series of hops and jumps of pebbles and stones along the river course is known as

• Traction

• Hydraulic action

• Saltation

• Abrasion

One of the following landforms is associated with the middle courese of a river

• Interlockingspurs

• Rapids and cataract

• Meanders

• Ox-bow lakes

The most dominant process in the upper course of a river is

• Deposition

• Transportation

• Erosion

• Weathering

Which of the following landforms is associated with waterfall?

• Interlocking spurs

• Plunge pool

• Meanders

• Braided river

The erosional process responsible for the roundness of pebbles along the river course is

• Attrition

• Abrasion

• Hydraulic action

• Suspension

All of the following are the factors that affect the energy of a river except

• the volume of water in the river

• the slope of the river valley

• the colour of the water

• the presence of vegetation

Which of the following erosional processes shown in the diagram involves the entering of water into the cracks of the river bed?

• Hydraulic action

• Abrassion

• Corrasion

• Corrosion

Which of the following is synonymous to solution as an example of river transportational process?

• Corrossion

• Corrassion

• Abrassion

• Hydraulic action