Valley Climates and River Profile

Zone where a warm air mass is trapped between colder air masses

• thermal belt

• smog

• katabatic

• anabatic

A mixture of smoke and fog

• smoke

• inversion

• smog

• due

The direction in which the slope faces in relation to the sun's rays

• direct

• temperature inversion

• north

• aspect

Forms when calm conditions and clear skies occur in a valley

• smog

• radiation fog

• katabatic wind

• anabatic wind

Forms on the valley floor when the air temperature is below freezing point

• frost

• hale

• snow

• fog

Type of wind that results from air sinking down the valley slope at night

• katabatic wind

• anabatic wind

• land breeze

• berg wind

Type of wind that results from air moving up the valley slope during the day

• land breeze

• katabatic wind

• fohn wind

• anabatic wind

The cross-profile of a river shows the shape of the river valley from ...

• source to mouth

• concave to convex

• bank to bank.

• width to depth.

The shape of the valley in the upper course of a river is ...

• V-shaped

• wide

• gentle

• U-shaped

Deposition is the dominant process in the ... of the river.

• upper course

• middle course

• lower course

• young course