V Shaped Valleys ❄️❄️❄️

Question 1

What is an interlocking spur?

Answer 1

They are areas of land that alternate from either side of a v shaped valley

Question 2

What are v shaped valleys ?

Answer 2

They are produced as the river erodes its bed.
The river erodes vertically producing steep valley sides.

Question 3

What is the 1st step in forming a v shaped valley ?

Answer 3

The rivers discharge (amount of water in a river) is low in the upper course and so the river only has enough energy to erode downward
This is called vertical erosion

Question 4

What is the 2nd step in forming a v shaped valley?

Answer 4

The valleys sides are slowly broken down through the weathering.

Question 5

What is the 3rd step in forming a v shaped valley ?

Answer 5

The weathered (broken down) material is transported via gravity and rainfall towards the river channel. This process steepens the valleys sides.

Question 6

What is the 4th step in forming a v shaped valley ?

Answer 6

The steep sided and narrow valley shape that is created is typical of upland rivers