GCSE Rivers Glossary Part 2

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K D B E S A L T A T I O N I C E J D S
L D W F F U Q O P R A V J F I L R P H
P W S E D I M E N T A T I O N O N M O
O R A K K U L A H D P K H Q D W R G O
Q J R V K M I D B Q D C I D D E I K K
M S O L U T I O N D I U R R K R V B B
S L I P O F F S L O P E N A J C E U Y
M I D D L E C O U R S E L W H O R M H
Y O J N B B H D A U G W D L B U C P J
A S F V H X E T V O O U U P M R L H P
G Q U K P E N S T B K Y H W E S I Y O
E B M P Q L J U X R E P G A O E F J N
W W E L W Y D O U J U M N W Y G F U E
J P A S U S P E N D E D L O A D T H D
H F N H W H F N J F M L J X X A G P Q
F A D S C K U Q I O C K F N X D G N V
B U E T B N F P T G R N C H U A S Q Y
R K R P K I T L L C E D P D L N W A J
P F O K T S P I F X J D U S Y A E Y L

Clues

  • a bend in a river. The outside of the meander has the fastest flow and deepest watera bend in a river. The outside of the meander has the fastest flow and deepest water (7)
  • a meander which has been cut off from the main river channel and abandoned (2, 3, 4)
  • created on the outside of a meander bend by the erosive effect of fast-flowing water (5, 5)
  • forms on the inside of a meander bend as a result of deposition in the slower flowing water (4, 3, 5)
  • material bounced along the bed of the river (9)
  • some rocks such as limestone are subject to chemical attack and slowly dissolve in the water (8)
  • the section of the river between the mountains and the lowland, where transport of eroded material is important and the river begins to cut sideways due to the reducing gradient (6, 6)
  • the section of the river near the sea, where deposition is the most important process and the valley becomes wider and flatter (5, 6)
  • The settling out of suspended particles from a body of water (13)
  • very small and light material, usually fine clay and silt, transported by the river in suspension (9, 4)

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Mr A Gibson

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This is part two of two sets of cards that you could use together. Between them they offer over 30 terms that a competent student may use in their exam answers - specialist vocabulary is important.

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really helpful!

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Levees are built by people, not deposition!

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