Features of Youthful River/Upper Course

Waterfalls often form in the upper stages of a river where it flows over different bands of rock. What type of rock dose it erod

• Hard
• Soft

Where would you find a waterfall?

• Upper course
• Middle Course
• Lower Course

The long profile of a river is divided into 3 parts: the upper course, the middle course and the lower course.

• True
• False

What types of erosion cause the undercutting of a waterfall?

• Abrasion and hydraulic action

• Abrasion and attrition

• Attrition and hydraulic action

• Corrosion and Attrition Corrosion and Attrition

Which erosional landform creates land which links together?

• Levees

• Meanders

• Interlocking spurs

• waterfalls waterfalls

Vertical erosion is dominant in the __________ course

• Youthful

• Middle

• Lower

• Mature

• 

The material carried by a river is typically called its____________.

• carriage

• load

• storage

• capacity

V- shaped valleys, interlocking spurs, a river bed with large rocks and stones, gorges, fast flowing rapids and waterfalls are all features of the ________ course.

• Middle

• Mature

• Upper

• Lower

A river which flows into another river is known as a

• confluence

• tributary

• source

• distributary

Water splashes against river banks and surges into cracks and openings. This loosens material along the bed and banks and the river carries this material away.

• Attrition

• Solution

• Hydraulic action

• Abrasion