Geography Key Terms

Question 1

Solution (erosion)

Answer 1

An acid that dissolves away the beds and the banks of a river

Question 2

Attrition

Answer 2

Materials broken down by other materials to make them smoother and smaller

Question 3

Floodplain

Answer 3

Flat land on the side of a river

Question 4

Erosion

Answer 4

wearing away the land

Question 5

Saltation

Answer 5

Rocks bouncing against the bed of the river

Question 6

Solution (transportation)

Answer 6

Materials dissolved in the water of a river

Question 7

Traction

Answer 7

Large rocks pulled against the rivers bed

Question 8

Abrasion

Answer 8

Warn down by the rivers load at high velocity

Question 9

Deposition

Answer 9

Dropping materials

Question 10

Suspension

Answer 10

The water carries smaller particles of material

Question 11

Bedload

Answer 11

What is on the bottom of a rivers bed

Question 12

Hydraulic action

Answer 12

The force of the water

Question 13

Transportation

Answer 13

Simply moving rocks and materials from one place to another

Question 14

Meander

Answer 14

The bend of a river

Question 15

Gorge

Answer 15

The valley left behind a waterfall

Question 16

Hard engineering

Answer 16

Using man made structures to stop flooding

Question 17

Soft engineering

Answer 17

Use of natural sources to stop flooding