Physical Landscapes in the UK - Rivers
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- Created on: 04-11-17 13:43
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- Physical Landscapes in the UK
- drainage basin
- watershed
- source
- tributary
- channel
- mouth
- sea
- mouth
- channel
- tributary
- source
- watershed
- river profile
- upper course
- v-shaped valleys
- interlocking spurs
- waterfalls
- gorges
- middle course
- waterfalls
- gorges
- meanders
- ox-bow lake
- waterfalls
- lower course
- meanders
- ox-bow lake
- estuaries
- flood plains
- levees
- meanders
- upper course
- flooding
- managing flooding
- hard engineering
- flood relief channels
- embankments
- dams /reservoirs
- channel straightening
- soft engineering
- flood warnings and preparation
- flood plain zoning
- afforestation
- river restoration
- hard engineering
- factors affecting discharge
- geology
- permeable rock reduces surface run-off by rapid infiltration
- impermeable rock causes more run-off and streams by not letting water through
- relief
- the steeper the land the quicker water gets to the river
- precipitation
- heavy rain reaches river quickly because it doesn't soak in
- land use
- vegetation
- helps prevent flooding as plants absorb water
- rain forest absorbs 80% of rain
- arable land absorbs 10% of rain
- helps prevent flooding as plants absorb water
- urbanisation
- increase of flood risk as water can't pass through tarmac and concrete
- dams and reservoirs
- regulate and even out discharge reducing flood downstream
- vegetation
- geology
- managing flooding
- processes
- erosion
- hydrolic action
- abrasion
- attrition
- solution
- attrition
- abrasion
- factors that effect erosion
- rainfall
- human factors
- building concrete riverbanks
- amount of bedload
- gradient
- hydrolic action
- transportation
- traction
- saltation
- suspension
- solution
- suspension
- saltation
- traction
- erosion
- courses
- upper
- slow speed
- shallow depth
- narrow width
- least water
- steepest gradient
- middle
- more water
- wider width
- faster speed
- deeper depth
- steeper gradient
- lower
- widest width
- shallow gradient
- most water
- fastest speed
- deepest depth
- upper
- River Tees
- High Force Waterfall
- dolerite
- hard rock
- carboniferous limestone
- soft rock
- Barnard Castle
- Darlington
- Yarm
- Middles-borough
- Yarm
- Darlington
- dolerite
- Cross Fell
- Cow Green Reservoire
- High Force Waterfall
- dolerite
- hard rock
- carboniferous limestone
- soft rock
- Barnard Castle
- Darlington
- Yarm
- Middles-borough
- Yarm
- Darlington
- dolerite
- High Force Waterfall
- Cow Green Reservoire
- High Force Waterfall
- major rivers, upland & lowalnd areas
- Spey
- Tay
- Forth
- Clyde
- Thames
- Ouse
- Trent
- Severn
- rock types
- metamorphic
- rock heated in high pressure or near magma
- doesn't melt
- rock forced to change its chemical properties
- doesn't melt
- rock heated in high pressure or near magma
- igneous
- earth heats rock
- molten rock forms
- cools
- underground
- intrusive
- volcanic eruption
- extrusive
- underground
- cools
- molten rock forms
- earth heats rock
- sedimentary
- river transports rocks
- dropped in sea bed
- rocks build up
- squash rocks beneath
- compaction
- rocks cement together
- compaction
- squash rocks beneath
- rocks build up
- dropped in sea bed
- river transports rocks
- metamorphic
- drainage basin
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