Rivers

Question 1

Name five different river formations

Answer 1

Meander 
Waterfall
V-shaped valley 
Ox bow lake 
Levee

Question 2

What is hydraulic action

Answer 2

When the force of the water against the bead and banks

Question 3

What is solution

Answer 3

Chemical action of the river water. The acids in the water slowly dissolve the bed and the banks

Question 4

What is attrition

Answer 4

Material carried by the river bumps into each other and so are smoothed and broken down into smaller particles

Question 5

What is abrasion

Answer 5

This is the process by which the bed and banks are worn down by the rivers load. The river throws these particles against the bed and banks which wears it away

Question 6

What are interlocking spurs

Answer 6

When the river meets ares of harder rock that are difficult to erode it winds around them

Question 7

What are two upper course human land used

Answer 7

Tourism 
Hill sheep farming 
Forestry 
HEP + water supply 
Wind farms

Question 8

Describe the use of hill sheep farming in the upper course

Answer 8

Crop farming is impossible …
Sheep and hard and can survive …
slopes are to steep to have machines on them …

Question 9

Name two middle/lower human land uses

Answer 9

Settlement
Farming (middle course)
Transport
Industry

Question 10

Name two solutions for tourism Vs locals

Answer 10

Out of town car parking 
Bypasses
Park and ride 
Help to buy scheme 
Weekly vans