Geography

Question 1

2a ) What is discharge in geography terms?

2b ) What is it measured in?

Answer 1

Discharge is the amount of water passing a point at a certain time, measured in m^3 per second

Question 2

3a ) What is the start of the river called?

3b ) What is the end of the river called?

Answer 2

3a ) Beginning of the river is the source

3b ) End of the river is the mouth

Question 3

4 ) What’s the difference between a hydrograph and a flashy hydrograph?

Answer 3

A flashy hydrograph has a short lag time, a hydrograph has a long lag time

Question 4

5 ) What does permeable mean?

Answer 4

Allows water to go through it.

Question 5

6 ) What landforms are found in the upper course of a river? (Name 3 points)

Answer 5

6a ) Waterfalls
6b ) Interlocking Spurs
6c ) Rapids

Question 6

7 ) What is…. a) Solution b) Abrasion c) Attrition d) Hydraulic action

Answer 6

7a ) River dissolves the rock
7b ) Rocks grind together (like sandpaper)
7c ) Rocks in water hit each other, making them smaller
7d ) Water gets in the cracks and causes mini explosion where the crack then gets bigger.

Question 7

8 ) What is a waterfall?

Answer 7

8 ) A sudden drop of a river going along its course

Question 8

9a ) What is a gorge?

9b ) How is it formed?

Answer 8

9a ) Steep sided valley

9b ) formed as a waterfall moves backwards

Question 9

10 ) Material jumps as its moved by the water in the river. What is this called?

Answer 9

10 ) Saltation

Question 10

11 ) Material rolls along the river bed. What is this called?

Answer 10

11 ) Traction

Question 11

1a ) What is a watershed?
1b ) What is a tributary?
1c ) What is a confluence?

Answer 11

1a ) A watershed is the edge of a drainage basin
1b ) A tributary is when a small river/ stream joins the main channel of a larger river
1c ) A confluence is where two rivers meet