AQA River landscapes of the UK (GCSE)

What is the rivers long profile?

• A drawing of the drainage basin

• A bar chart of rainfall and line graph of discharge

• A line graph showing the gradient of the river

What is the drainage basin?

• The amount of water carried in the channel

• The amount of water at its mouth

• The area around the river where it gets water from

What is the upper course like?

• Very wide almost flat valley sides, wide and deep channel

• V-shaped valleys, steep sides, narrow and shallow channel

• Gentle sloping valley sides, wider and deeper channel

What is the middle course like?

• Very wide almost flat valley sides, wide and deep channel

• V-shaped valleys, steep sides, narrow and shallow channel

• Gentle sloping valley sides, wider and deeper channel

What type of erosion occurs in the upper course?

• Vertical

• Lateral

What type of erosion occurs in the middle course?

• Vertical

• Lateral

Select the correct 4 processes of erosion

• Hydraulic action, abrasion, suspension and solution

• Hydraulic action, attrition, abrasion and traction.

• Hydraulic action, attrition. abrasion and solution.

• Traction, solution, suspension and attrition.

The process where the force of the water breaks rocks away from the river banks is called...

• Hydraulic action

• Attrition

• Abrasion

• Solution

The process where the eroded rocks and sand scrape and rub against the river channel

• Hydraulic action

• Attrition

• Abrasion

• Solution

The process where the eroded rocks carried in the water hit into each other getting rounder and smoother

• Hydraulic action

• Attrition

• Abrasion

• Solution