Rivers and Coasts Revision

What is the name given to the beginning of a river

A waterfall is found

• In the lower course

• In the middle course

• In the upper course

A Delta is a feature of

• Erosion

• Deposition

The force of moving water is an erosional process called

The erosional process where the load hits off the banks and bed of the river is called

• Hydraulic action

• Abrasion

• Attrition

• Solution

Select the Economic benefit of building dams on rivers.

• Destruction of habitats

• Flooding of farmland

• Hydroelectric Power can be created

• Reservoirs can attract wildlife

The power of waves depends on two things, the wind speed and

• The swash

• The fetch

• The backwash

Select the feature of coastal erosion

• Beaches

• Sand dunes

• Tombolos

• Bays and Headlands

Longshore drift is

• the process by which the sea transports sediment along the shore

• the process by which the sea erodes cliffs

• the process by which the wind controls the strength of waves

Howth head Co. Dublin is an example of

• A bay

• A sea stack

• A tombolo

• A lagoon