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GCSE Geography AQA (1) > UK River Valley Case Study — River Tees > Flashcards

UK River Valley Case Study — River Tees Flashcards

Major landforms of erosion and deposition

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Location

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N. England, source of river in the Pennines, flows east where the mouth joins N. Sea

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Upper Course

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High Force —> UK’s largest waterfall (21 m)
Hard rock —> Whin Sill
Soft rock —> Sandstone + shale

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Middle Course

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Meanders near Barnard Castle

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Lower Course

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Larger meanders and oxbow lakes near Yarm, as well as levees;
Large estuary with mudflats and sandbanks near Middlesborough —> Seal Sands (reserved area)

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