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WorksheetsRivers (GCSE) L.Douglas
Total questions: 27
Worksheet time: 17mins
Which of the following options has labelled A-E correctly?
A) Hill
B) Drainage area
C) River
D)Tributary
E) Mouth
A) Source
B) Drainage area
C) Confluence
D) Tributary
E) Lake
A) Source
B) Watershed
C) Confluence
D) Tributary
E) Mouth
What is the area within the red line called?
Drainage dump
Drainage sink
Drain area
Drainage basin
What are the correct names for the interception processes labelled a and b on the diagram?
a) Stem fall
b) Through fall
a) Stem flow
b) Through fall
a) Stem flow
b) Through flow
What two landforms, that are associated with the upper river valley can you see in this photo?
(a)
What are the two main erosional processes at work in the formation of a waterfall?
Attrition & abrasion
Attrition
& hydraulic action
Hydraulic action
& abrasion
Abrasion
& solution
What is this type of drainage pattern called?
(a)
What name is given to a simplified diagram of the river from its source to its mouth.
Long profile
Left profile
Cross profile
Longitude profile
What erosional process is being described below?
This is a chemical reaction (dissolving) between the water (i.e. the river) and some minerals in the rocks that are in the river’s channel (river bed and banks).
Collision
Salinisation
Abrasion
Solution
Which transportation processes is being described below?
Fine light material (silt) is carried along in the water.
(a)
What is the name for the river transportation process that involves dragging and rolling larger rocks along the river bed?
Saltation
Traction
Taction
Saltering
Waterfalls occur when water flows over rocks of different (a)
As a river meanders different features form on the inside and outside of the bend. What landform is found on the outside bend?
River cliff
Slip off slope
Sidings
Why is the flow of water in a river channel usually slower on/close to the inside bend?
(a)
When a meander has been cut off, from the main river, it forms an abandoned meander, what is another name for the landform?
(a)
What is a levee?
A river of material deposited
in the lower part of a river's course
A mound of material deposited across a floodplain when a river has flooded
A ridge of material deposited on the river banks when a river floods
What is the name of this gorge? ( Clue: It is in SW England)
Cheddar Gorge
Dale Gorge
Chesil Gorge
What landform are the arrows pointing at?
Sand bags
Deltas
Mud flats
What is the name given to the large surge waves that occur in some river estuaries, such as the Severn Estuary ?
(a)
What is the name of your UK river case study?
River Tess
River Tweed
River Tees
What is the name of this waterfall? (Located on your case study river)
(a)
Which group of towns are affected by flooding of the UK river you have studied?
Yam
Decklington
Middlesbrough
Yarm
Darlington
Middlesbrough
1) What does SSSI stand for?
2)How many SSSI are found within your river case study catchment area?
1) Site of Scientific Specialisation interest
2) 52 SSSIs
1) Site of Special Scientific Interest
2) 56 SSSIs
1) Site of Suitable Scientific Involvement
2) 54 SSSIs
What physical factor shown in the photo will increase the flood risk in the local area?
(a)
On which of the slopes (left or right hand side of photo) will there be greater infiltration?
Left hand photo
Right hand photo
Granite is an example of a type of rock that is impermeable, what is the name of the rock group that granite belongs to?
(a)
Explain briefly why the structure shown in the photo increases flood risk in an area
(a)
Large dam construction increases the flood risk in an area in several ways including
1) More people relying on water to provide hydroelectric energy
2) Recreational activities on the dam
1) Removal of natural vegetation in area
2) If wall breaches flooding downstream occurs
1) Increasing farming in surrounding area
2) More tourists
