FieldWork - River Tillingbourne and Reigate Flashcards
What was the title for the River Tillingbourne fieldwork?
To investigate how the River Tillingbourne changes downstream
What primary data did you find out?
Width and depth and velocity
How did you find the velocity of the river?
Measure distance of 3m and time how long cork takes to move 3m
Flow meter
How did you find width and depth?
Width - long tape measure (bank to bank)
Depth - metre ruler
How did you present your data? (4 ways)
Width/depth - cross section
Velocity - bar graph
Annotated photo
Mean width and depth - Scatter graph
What was your hypothesis of the River Tillingbourne?
River velocity will increase downstream, channel width and depth will also increase
What was the theory behind the changes of a river?
Bradshaw Model
Where did you go for your fieldwork? (3 places)
Crossways Farm
Abinger Hammer
Gomshall (secondary data)
What was the River Tillingbourne a tributary of?
Tributary of Wey-source
What were the risks of going to the River Tillingbourne?
Drowning
Weather
Slippery
Weils disease
What was the conclusion of the River Tillingbourne?
Bradshaw model is correct
What was the title of the investigation of Reigate?
How does the qualities of life vary in Reigate
Where in England did your fieldwork take place?
Reigate, Surrey, 25 miles from London
What sampling did you use for both Tillingbourne and Reigate?
Systematic and Stratified
What primary data would you collect in Reigate?
Environmental quality
Car survey
Photos
Place Check
