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Chapter 8- Rivers Flashcards

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1
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What is the source?

A

Where the river begins

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What is the course?

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The path of the river from source to mouth

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3
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What are tributaries?

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Small rivers that join a larger river

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What is the watershed?

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A line dividing the waters of a river basin from the waters of another river basin

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What is a delta?

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Land that forms at the mouth of a river due to deposition

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6
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What is the mouth?

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Where the river enters the sea or lake

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7
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What is the basin?

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The area drained by the river from source to mouth

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8
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What is a confluence?

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The pace where a tributary joins the main river

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9
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What is an estuary?

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The tidal mouth of a river

Transition between river and sea, affected by the tide

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10
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What are distributaries?

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Smaller rivers that break food from the main river

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11
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What is the material transported by a river called?

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Load

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12
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What are the 4 methods of river erosion?

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Hydraulic action
Abrasion
Attrition
Solution

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13
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What is hydraulic action?

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The force of moving water eroding the bed and the banks

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What is abrasion?

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The load hitting of the bed and the banks wearing them away

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15
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What is attrition?

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The load hitting off itself, wearing itself down

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16
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What is solution?

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Rock minerals dissolve in a river and are carried away

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17
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What are the four methods of river transport?

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Solution
Suspension
Saltation
Traction

18
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What is suspension?

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Light material e.g. Silt is transported in the water

19
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What is saltation?

A

Small stones are bounced along river bed

20
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What is traction?

A

Large rocks ate rolled along riverbed

21
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What is deposition?

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When a river slows down, it loses energy so it deposits some of its load

22
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What are the 3 stages of a river?

A

Youthful
Mature
Old-age

23
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What are th characteristics of the youthful stage?

A

Steep slope
Fast moving
V-shaped valley: steep sides, narrow floor

24
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What are the characteristics of the mature stage?

A

Slower moving
Wider
Gentle slope
Mature valley: gentle sides, wide floor

25
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What are the characteristics of the old age stage?

A

Slow
Meandering
Almost flat slope
Plain: little/no valley

26
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What stage is river erosion most active?

A

Youthful

27
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What is vertical erosion?

A

Wearing away of river bed

28
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Name 2 landforms of the youthful stage of a river

A

V-shaped valley

Waterfalls

29
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How are v-shaped valleys formed?

A

River wears down valley floor
Weathering wears back slopes of valley
Gravity causes regolith on valley sides to move downslope

30
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What are interlocking spurs?

A

When sides of a belly jut into each other

-created when youthful river avoids hard rocks

31
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When do waterfalls occur?

A

When a river falls from a height

32
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How are waterfalls formed?

A

A band of hard rock lies next to a band of softer rock
River erodes soft rock faster, creating waterfall
Plunge pool develops at base- caused by hydraulic action and abrasion
River undercuts harder rock creating overhang
Rock over head collapses
Waterfall retreats up stream

33
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Name an example of a waterfall

A

Powerscourt Waterfall, Co. Wicklow

34
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Name 2 landforms of the mature stage

A

Floodplain

Meander

35
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What is a floodplain?

A

A flat area along the river corse that is flooded by the river
As the river floods it lays down alluvium on the valley floor

36
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What is alluvium?

A

Mixture of clay, silt, sand, gravel and other material

37
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What are meanders?

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Bends in the river in the mature and old age stages

38
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How are meanders formed?

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*when river wears away on its outer bend and deposits on its inner bend
1. Water flows faster on outer bend- erodes bank by undercutting causing it to collapse
2. Water flows slower on inner bend- deposits load here
This continues and meander becomes more prominent

39
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Name three landforms of the old-age stage

A

Ox-bow lakes
Levees
Deltas

40
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What is an ox-bow lake?

A

A curved shape of water formed when a meander in a river is cut off leaving the river to straighten its course

41
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How are ox-bow lakes formed?

A
  1. River forms a meander
  2. River erodes land on outer bends
  3. River deposits on inner bends
  4. During a flood, river breaks through to straighten course
  5. Meander is cut off from river ti form ox-bow lake
    Eventually lake will dry out, leaving the shape in the landscape
42
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What is a levee?

A

A raised bank of earth running along the sides of a river

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