Rivers EOTT

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  • River Exam
    • Hydrograph
      • Parts of graph
        • Rainfall
        • Rising Limb
        • Falling Limb
        • Peak Discharge
        • Lag Time
        • Baseflow (ground-water flow)
      • Flashy graph
        • Small basin
        • High drainage density
        • Impermeable rocks
        • Urbanisation
        • Steep slopes
        • Saturated soil
        • Heavy Rain
      • Flat graph
        • Large basin
        • Low drainage density
        • Permeable rocks
        • Forests via "Interception"
        • Gentle slopes
        • Dry soil
        • Light rain
    • River profile
      • Upper course
        • V shape valley
        • Steep sided.
        • Narrow & shallow
        • Turbulent river
      • Middle course
        • Wider & flatter floor
        • Wider & deeper river
        • Flood-plain
      • Lower course
        • Very wide & flat
        • Wide & deep.
        • Large sediment load
        • Levees
    • River processes
      • Transportation
        • Traction
        • Saltation
        • Suspension
        • Solution
      • Erosion
        • Hydraulic action
        • Abrasion
        • Attrition
        • Solution
    • Landforms
      • Waterfalls
        • Undercutting of rock
          • Hydraulic action
          • Abrasion
        • Plunge pool created
        • Hardrock left hanging then collapses
        • Harder rocks  crash in plunge pool creating more erosion
        • Process repeated until gorge is created
        • River Tees
          • Meanders
            • Outside of meander eroded
              • Lateral erosion
            • Low energy on inside means deposition
            • Course sediment may create deep + shallow sections
              • Pools
              • Riffles
            • River cliff
      • Meanders
        • Outside of meander eroded
          • Lateral erosion
        • Low energy on inside means deposition
        • Course sediment may create deep + shallow sections
          • Pools
          • Riffles
        • River cliff
    • Engineering
      • Hard
        • Dams & Reservoirs
        • Channel Straightening
        • Embankments
        • Flood relief channels
      • Soft
        • Floodplain zoning
        • River restoration
        • Flood warning
      • Banbury

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