water and carbon -river exe case study (characteristics of the upper catchment)

Question 1

what is the area of the upper catchment?

Answer 1

601km2

Question 2

where is the rivers source?

Answer 2

.on exmoor, an upland area of moorland and peat bogs rising to 514m above sea level

Question 3

what is the land on exmoor used for?

Answer 3

.used for sheep farming and shooting game birds

Question 4

what is the catchment underlain by?

Answer 4

.largely underlain by impermeable Devonian sandstone

Question 5

what is a result of the underlain impermeable devonian sandstone?

Answer 5

.leads to a high drainage density

Question 6

what is the land type?

Answer 6

.majority of the catchment is rural with grassland accounting for 67% of the land use