Geography Revision Flashcards
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Waterfalls
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Waterfalls are formed by soft rock dissolved and creating a plunge pool, then the hard rock falls into the plunge pool and the cycle repeats
2
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Meanders
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Meanders are created by one Side of the bank eroding, the fast flow, and the slow flow, deposited
3
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Ox bow lakes
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Oxbow lakes form when meanders on both sides, erode, creating a shortcut and the area on the oxbow lake side, deposites, creating a lake
4
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V shaped valley
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A v shaped valley forms when water dissolves downwards, and when it rains, rocks fall and increases the size
5
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Gorge
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A gorge happens when water flows upstream
6
Q
Tributary
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Where loads of rivers join up to create a big river
7
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Mouth
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A mouth is the end of a river. The river ends at a sea or ocean
