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WorksheetsRiver Landforms
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 7mins
What landform can you see in the picture?
U shaped valley
V Shaped Valley
Floodplain
Waterfall
Which landform can be seen in the photo?
Waterfall
Estuary
Inter-locking Spur
Meander
What landform can you see in this picture?
Waterfall
V Shaped Valley
Meander
Ox-bow lake
What is the deep water called beneath a waterfall?
Plunge bath
Mermaids retreat
Plunge pool
Pool
Waterfalls - what is the gap called between the hard and soft rock created by erosion?
Deadman's drop
Hole
Erosional gap
Overhang
Which two erosional processes create waterfalls?
Solution
Abrasion
Hydraulic Action
Attrition
Name this waterfall
Low Force
Medium Force
High Force
Kelly's Waterfall
What landform can you see in the picture?
Meanders
Rapids
Estuary
V shaped valleys
What landform is created on the inside bend (...) of a meander and why?
A slip off slope or river beach which is caused by erosion due to fast flowing water.
A slip off slope or river beach which is caused be deposition due to slow flowing water.
A deposit beach caused by deposition
An erosional beach caused by erosion
What landform can be found on the outside bend of a meander(*) and why?
A river cliff as the water flows slowly and deposits the load it is carrying.
A river cliff as the water flows quickly on the outside bend eroding the bank through attrition.
A river cliff
A river cliff as the water flows quickly on the outside bend eroding the bank through hydraulic Action.
What two landforms can you see in the picture?
Meander and V shaped valley
Waterfall and gorge
Meander and Ox-bow lake
Estuary and floodplain
What landform can you see in the middle of the picture?
Estuary
Meander
Levee
Ox-bow Lake
What is the land next to the river called and how would you describe it?
Floodplain, steep land next to the river.
Floodplain, flat land next to the river.
Floodplain, flat land away from the river.
Floodplain, flat land on top of the river.
What landform can you see in this picture and what process created it?
Ox-bow lake, created by erosion and deposition on a meander bend.
Waterfall, created by erosion of hard and soft rock.
Estuary, created by erosion as the river meets the sea.
Estuary, created by deposition as the river meets the sea.
