FieldWork - River Tillingbourne and Reigate Flashcards
(26 cards)
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
Soundscape
What secondary data would you collect?
Census data
House price
Newspapers
What are the risk you could encounter when doing fieldwork in Reigate?
Traffic
Strangers
Getting lost
Weather
How would you express data from Reigate fieldwork?
Bar graphs
Annotated pictures
Proportional symbols
What would you conclude from the Reigate fieldwork?
Quality of life got better on outskirts due to originally cheaper land
Give 3 limitations of the Investigation of the River Tillingbourne?
Spent 1 day there
Only visited 3 sites
Velocity was judged by human reaction time
Give 3 limitations of the fieldwork in Reigate?
Only there for 1 day
Census data was from 2021
Things change over a few years so data may not be accurate
What was the anomaly at site 2 for the Physical Geography?
At site 2 there has been channel straightening meaning that the width of the river does not align with the Bradshaw model
Give the 3 pieces of secondary data used for you Physical Geography?
Field Studies Council Data
Environment Agency Data
OS Maps of Land Use
How does the Field Studies Council Data support your investigation of the Tillingbourne?
Provide insights into various physical characteristics of the river and its surrounding environment.
