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WorksheetsRivers intro - importance of rivers & the upper course
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
The Nile helped to build one of the first great ancient civilisations. Which civilisation was it?
The Mayans
Ancient Egyptians
Mesopotamia
Babylon
The Nile had many uses, but one of the most historically important ones was...
Water jousting
Irrigating crops
Growing papyrus to use as paper
Settling, rather than being nomadic
The river that passes through Budapest, dividing the city in two is called...
The Danube
The Nile
The Colorado
The Yellow River
The river that carved out the Grand Canyon is...
The Great Canyon River
The Hudson
The Mississippi
The Colorado
The river that flows past the Eiffel tower is called The...
Seine
Thames
Rhine
Danube
Where do rivers come from?
Lakes
Marshes
Natural Springs
Groundwater stores
Melting glaciers
Valleys in the upper course of a river are called...
V shaped valleys
U shaped valleys
V shaped valleys are formed by what direction of erosion?
Lateral
Vertical
Which type of erosion involves air particles being forced into the cracks of rocks?
Abrasion
Attrition
Hydraulic action
Corrosion
Which type of erosion mainly effects carbonate rocks such as limestone and chalk?
Corrosion/Solution
Corrasion/Abrasion
Attrition
Hydraulic action
Define erosion.
Rocks being carried downstream by the river
Sediment being deposited downstream when the river loses energy
The wearing away of rock and soil found along the river bed and banks
Which features can you find in the upper course of a river?
Meanders
Waterfalls
V-shaped valleys
Flood plains
What gives water the energy required to vertically erode the landscape in the upper course of the river?
Rain
Gravity
The mountains
Flooding
Which of these countries does the Amazon river pass through? Select all correct answers.
Argentina
Peru
Chile
Bolivia
Colombia
The highest waterfall in the world is Angel Falls (3230 ft) and is situated where?
Ethiopia
Venezuela
Brazil
USA/Canada
