Living in the UK Today - LOUK (CS River Tees)

Question 1

What is the Length of the River Tees?

Answer 1

137km

Question 2

What is the altitude at the source of the River Tees?

Answer 2

893m

Question 3

What us the location of the River Tees source?

Answer 3

Cross Fell in the Cumbria Moorlands

Question 4

Name the key urban areas located on River Tees?

Answer 4

• Darlington
• Yarm
• Stockton
• Billingham
• Middlesbrough

Question 5

Name a Landform within the River Tees

Answer 5

• High Force waterfall

Question 6

What is the height of High Force waterfall?

Answer 6

21m

Question 7

What two rocks are High Force made of?

Answer 7

• Whin Sill
• Limestone

Question 8

Name landforms in the Upper Course of the River Tees

Answer 8

• V-Shaped Valley
• Interlocking Spurs
• High Force waterfall + gorge
• Rapids

Question 9

Name landforms in the Middle Course of the River Tees

Answer 9

• Meanders
• Oxbow lakes
• meander scars

Question 10

Name landforms in the Lower Course of the River Tees

Answer 10

• Meanders
• Oxbow lakes
• Meander scars
• floodplains
• levees
• estuary

Question 11

What is the name and the capacity of the resevoir in the upper course of the River Tees?

Answer 11

• Cow Green
• 41 million m³

Question 12

What is the location of the meander cut-offs?

Answer 12

Stockton

Question 13

How much did the Mandale loop (meander cut off) shorten the river by?

Answer 13

4km

Question 14

What is the location of the meander ‘cut-offs’?

Answer 14

Stockton

Question 15

What is the effect of heavy industry near the river tees?

Answer 15

Water pollution and loss of salmon and trout in the area

Question 16

What are the strategies to prevent flooding in the lower course of the River Tees?

Answer 16

• Improved flood warning systems
• Monitoring of defences
• Tees barrage
• Dredging for increased channel size