Rivers 0.0 / 5 ? GeographyRiversGCSEAll boards Created by: AlyxGCreated on: 13-12-15 12:12 Water soaking into soil Infiltration 1 of 20 Storage when water is held in rocks Groundwater Storage 2 of 20 The breakdown of rock by living things Biological Weathering 3 of 20 Course of the river with a narrow channel and v-shaped valley Upper 4 of 20 Smaller river that joins a main river Tributary 5 of 20 Input of a drainage basin Precipitation 6 of 20 The force of the water breaking rock particles away from the channel Hydraulic Action 7 of 20 Small particles are carried along by the water Suspension 8 of 20 A river dropping eroded material is called Deposition 9 of 20 Large bends in the river Meanders 10 of 20 Deposition cuts off the meander and forms an Oxbow lake 11 of 20 Flat areas of land that flood Flood Plains 12 of 20 The delay between peak rainfall and peak discharge Lag time 13 of 20 A human cause of river flooding Deforestation 14 of 20 Man-made structures built to control the flow of rivers and reduce flooding Hard engineering 15 of 20 Schemes set up using knowledge of a river and processes to reduce flooding Soft engineering 16 of 20 Low lying areas where a river meets a sea or lake Delta 17 of 20 Deposited material builds up along the edges of a river channel forming... Levees 18 of 20 More undercutting causes collapses and the waterfall will retreat forming a... Gorge 19 of 20 River water dissolves some types of rock Corrosion 20 of 20
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