WorksheetsRepaso Rivers + Coasts
Total questions: 26
Worksheet time: 8mins
Which of the following processes of hydrological cycle is when the water flows through soil?
throughflow
groundwater flow
percolation
infiltration
....................... is where the river enters to a sea or lake
Mouth
Delta
Oxbow lake
Source
What is the name of the feature labelled X
Waterfall
Deposition
Oxbow lake
Meander
¿Cómo se llama este landform?
Beach
Cliff
Arch
Cave
The process of a rivers' load crashing and rubbing into a rivers' banks and bed causing pieces to break off.
Abrasion
Corrosion
Attrition
Hydraulic action
Vertical erosion in the highland part of the river helps to create
B shaped valley
V shaped valley
W shaped valley
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A deep, narrow passage that usually has a river running through it is
Gorge
Waterfall
V shaped valley
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in the upper course near the source there is more
horizontal erosion
lateral erosion
vertical erosion
The process of smaller pieces of load being carried in a rivers flow.
solution
corrosion
traction
suspension
when a meander loop is "cut off" creates
lake
lagoon
oxbow lake
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As a river reaches the end of its journey, energy levels are low and takes place...
erosion
transportation
deposition
When the river deposits material it creates
flooding
floodplain
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When the river’s discharge exceeds the carrying capacity of the channel generates a
flooding
river flow
drought
It is a
pebble beach
shingle beach
sandy beach
This landform is
cave
arch
wave cut notch
A wave with weak swash and strong backwash
constructive
destructive
The lonshore drift occurs when
Waves approach the coast at an angle because of the direction of prevailing wind
The swash will carry the material towards the beach at an angle.
The backwash then flows back to the sea, down the slope of the beach.
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Deposition can occur on coastlines that have
destructive waves
constructive waves
erosion
This beach is in
headland
bay
beach
Name of these landform
cave
crack
arch
stack
Name of the landform
spit
bar
tombolo
A bar of deposited material linking the mainland to an island.
Spit
Bar
Tombolo
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The conditions required for the development of coral reefs
Clean water (not polluted)
Plentiful supply of oxygen in water
Warm water
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Coastal opportunity
Port
Tourism
Ecosystem
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Name of the strategy
Rip rap
Rock Armour
Spits
Groynes
Advantage of the strategy
They trap sediment being carried by longshore drift.
They look unattractive.
It's expensive
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