Geography- Definitions Distinctive Landscapes Part B

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  • Created on: 27-03-18 16:28
Waves pick up rocks from the seabed and smash them against the coast, wearing it away
Abrasion
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Pebbles picked up by the waves, bash into each other, wearing down into smaller, rounder particles
Attrition
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Waves crash against the coast, forcing air into cracks and breaking up the rock
Hydraulic Action
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Rocks like limestone slowly dissolve into the water
Solution
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Carrying away eroded material
Transportation
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Tiny particles of sand and silt are carried by the flowing water
Suspension
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Boulders and large stones are dragged along the river bed
Traction
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Some rocks dissolve and are carried, invisible to the eye
Solution
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Pebbles and smaller stones are picked up and dropped further along the river
Saltation
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Leaves transported material behind, building up new land
Deposition
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The area of land drained by a river
Drainage Basin
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The area within the Drainage Basin
Catchment Area
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The edge of highland surrounding a drainage basin. It marks the boundary between two drainage basins
Watershed
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The beginning or start of a river
Source
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The point at which two rivers or streams join
Confluence
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A stream or smaller river which joins a larger stream or river
Tributary
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The point where the river comes to the end, usually when entering a sea
Mouth
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... erosion makes a river channel deeper, happens in the upper course
Vertical
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A river that has eroded down onto its old floodplain due to a fall in sea level
Rejuvenated River
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Card 2

Front

Pebbles picked up by the waves, bash into each other, wearing down into smaller, rounder particles

Back

Attrition

Card 3

Front

Waves crash against the coast, forcing air into cracks and breaking up the rock

Back

Preview of the front of card 3

Card 4

Front

Rocks like limestone slowly dissolve into the water

Back

Preview of the front of card 4

Card 5

Front

Carrying away eroded material

Back

Preview of the front of card 5
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