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WorksheetsLandforms of the Lower Course
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
A floodplain can be found on...
High-lying, steep ground
Low-lying, steep ground
High-lying, flat ground
Low-lying, flat ground
A floodplain is an area that...
is covered in water when a river overflows it's banks.
is permanently covered in flood water.
is the river channel between it's banks.
is the watershed.
Alluvium spread by flood water is good for...
Building settlements
Tourism
Agriculture
Industry
The natural embankments caused by the deposition of large material next to the river channel are called...
Dams
Bankful widths
River Walls
Levees
Sediment is distributed across the floodplain...
Evenly
Heaviest material closest to the channel, lightest material further away.
Lightest material closest to the channel, heaviest material further away.
Randomly
River deltas are found...
at river mouths and estuaries.
on river floodplains.
next to meanders.
all of the above
For deltas to form, seas need to be...
deep, calm and windy.
shallow with large destructive waves.
deep and calm.
shallow, calm and sheltered.
Deltas are landforms of...
Erosion
Transportation
Deposition
All of the above.
Deltas are important for people because they promote...
Agriculture.
Trade and transport.
Fishing and tourism..
All of the options.
Which of the following key terms is NOT associated with the formation of a delta
Tributaries.
Flocculation.
Deposition.
Beds of sediment.
