Geography Quiz on Dartmoor National Park

Using Figure 12, identify a feature of the East Dart River at 627811.

• Waterfall

• Hill

• Forest

• Bridge

Describe the relief (height and shape of the land) in the highlighted grid square 6082.

• Flat and low

• Steep and high

• Rolling hills

• Valley

The _____ profile is a line which represents the river from its _____ (where it begins) to its _____ (where it meets the sea). It shows how the river _____ over its course.

(a)  

Identify the landform shown in Figure 15.

• Ox Bow Lake

• Flood plain

• Gorge

• Waterfall

Correctly name feature A of a drainage basin.

• Riverbank

• Watershed

• Tributary

• Mouth

• Confluence

Correctly name feature B of a drainage basin.

• Riverbank

• Watershed

• Tributary

• Mouth

• Confluence

Complete the gaps in the description of how a waterfall forms.

• hard, soft, indent, plunge, collapses

• soft, hard, plunge, indent, overhangs

• deep, hard, overhang, indent, collapses

• hard, deep, indent, plunge, collapses

A meander is formed by both processes of:

• Erosion on the outer bank and deposition on the inner bank

• Erosion on the inner bank and deposition on the outer bank

• Erosion and deposition occur equally on both banks

• Only erosion occurs, no deposition