Geography Rivers

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What is a drainage basin?
An area of land drained by a river and its tributaries.
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What is a tributary and a confluence?
Tributary = A small stream that joins a larger river // Confluence = Where a tributary joins a larger rivers
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What does a rivers long profile show?
Shows the speed (velocity) and the gradient (height) of the rivers journey from the source to the mouth.
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What is hydraulic action? (EROSION)
the force of the water hitting the river bed/bank causing soft rock to break off.
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What is abrasion? (EROSION)
When the rivers load repeatedly hits the bed or banks.
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Card 2

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Tributary = A small stream that joins a larger river // Confluence = Where a tributary joins a larger rivers

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What is a tributary and a confluence?

Card 3

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Shows the speed (velocity) and the gradient (height) of the rivers journey from the source to the mouth.

Back

Preview of the back of card 3

Card 4

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the force of the water hitting the river bed/bank causing soft rock to break off.

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Preview of the back of card 4

Card 5

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When the rivers load repeatedly hits the bed or banks.

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Preview of the back of card 5

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