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Worksheets4. Rivers: Flood Management - Geography CIE IGCSE
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 9mins
What is this? Is it an example of hard or soft engineering?
soft engineering
hard engineering
Dam
Artificial levée
Spillway
What is this? Is it an example of hard or soft engineering?
hard engineering
soft engineering
Weir
Lock
Relief channel
What is this? Is it an example of hard or soft engineering?
Hard engineering
Soft engineering
weir
lock
spillway
What is this? Is it an example of hard or soft engineering?
Hard engineering
soft engineering
Canal
Dredging channel bed
Spillway
What is this? Is it an example of hard or soft engineering?
Diversion channel
hard engineering
dam
soft engineering
lock
What is this? Is it an example of hard or soft engineering?
Hard engineering
weir
lock
relief channel
soft engineering
What is this? Is it an example of hard or soft engineering?
Soft engineering
Hard engineering
canal
spillway
artificial levée
What is this? Is it an example of hard or soft engineering?
Dredging channel bed
relief channel
canal
hard engineering
soft engineering
What is this? Is it an example of hard or soft engineering?
Soft engineering
Hard engineering
Straightening channel
dam
diversion channel
What is this? Is it an example of hard or soft engineering?
Hard engineering
Soft engineering
Artificial levées
Dredging channel bed
Channel straightening
What is this? Is it an example of hard or soft engineering?
Afforestation
Relief channel
Not building on floodplain
hard engineering
soft engineering
Which of these are examples of preventing flooding using soft engineering?
Allowing no bare soil in farming methods as it acts as an impermeable surface
Dredging channel bed
locks
Not building on the floodplain
Allowing bare soil in order to increase infiltration and reduce run-off
