Erosional And Depositional River Landforms Flashcards
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Q
What happens when a river floods onto the flood plain?
A
The water slows down and deposits the eroded material that it’s transporting
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Q
What is a flood plain?
A
The wide valley floor on either side of a river which occasionally gets flooded
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Q
What are levees?
A
Natural embankments along the edges of a river channel
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Q
What happens if the sea doesn’t wash away the material from a river?
A
It builds up and the channel gets blocked. This forces the channel to split up into lots of smaller rivers called distributaries
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Q
What is a delta?
A
When material builds up so much that low-lying areas of land are formed
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Q
What are the three different types of delta?
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Arcuate (rounded shape)
Cuspate (triangular shape)
Birds foot (shaped like a birds foot!)
