Geography - Physical Landscapes - Rivers (Key terms)
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What is a watershed?

  • The highland around a drainage basin, marking the border between two drainage basins (correct)
  • A large body of water that collects rain
  • An area where water flows downwards to an ocean
  • A structure built to hold back water

What is the main channel?

  • The main river, joined by tributaries (correct)
  • A canal used for transportation
  • A seasonal stream
  • An artificial reservoir

What is a confluence?

  • The point at which two tributaries meet (correct)
  • A type of animal
  • A method of voting
  • A geological formation

What is the river long profile?

<p>It goes along the river, from the source to the mouth (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is velocity?

<p>Speed of the river flow (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the mouth of a river?

<p>The opening where the river meets the sea or a lake (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Match the river landscapes/characteristics with their definitions:

<p>Watershed = The highland around a drainage basin, marking the border between two drainage basins Main channel = The main river, joined by tributaries Confluence = The point at which two tributaries meet Mouth = The opening where the river meets the sea or a lake</p> Signup and view all the answers

Match the section on the river long profile with its description:

<p>The Source = Boggy, highland, wet, landscape like a sponge, moorland The upper course = V-shape valley's, narrow and shallow channel, steep landscape The middle course = Meanders, ox-bow lakes, flooding can occur, river terraces The lower course = Really wide and deep, tidal, estuaries, mudflats, floodplains</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is interception?

<p>When water droplets collect on trees and plants (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is precipitation?

<p>Rain, hail, sleet or snow (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is Infiltration?

<p>When surface water soaks into the soil (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Match the aspect of the drainage basin system with its definition:

<p>Precipitation = Rain, hail, sleet or snow Interception = When water droplets collect on trees and plants Surface storage = When water lies on the ground as puddles or lakes Infiltration = When surface water soaks into the soil</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is surface storage?

<p>When water lies on the ground as puddles or lakes (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is percolation?

<p>Water moving downwards through the soil and into rocks below (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is soil moisture?

<p>Water stored in the soil and broken rocks near the surface (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is evaporation?

<p>When water heated by the sun changes to water vapour (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is groundwater?

<p>Water stored in porous rocks deep below the ground (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is groundwater flow?

<p>Very slow water movement deep below the ground (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Match the aspect of the drainage basin system with its definition:

<p>Soil moisture = Water stored in the soil and broken rocks near the surface Percolation = Water moving downwards through the soil and into rocks below Groundwater = Water stored in porous rocks deep below the ground Groundwater flow = Very slow water movement deep below the ground</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is surface storage?

<p>When water lies on the ground as puddles or lakes (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is surface runoff?

<p>Water moving across the ground as a stream or river (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is transpiration?

<p>Water vapour released by trees and plants (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Match the aspect of the drainage basin system with its definition:

<p>Surface storage = When water lies on the ground as puddles or lakes Surface runoff = Water moving across the ground as a stream or river Evaporation = When water heated by the sun changes to water vapour Transpiration = Water vapour released by trees and plants</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is hydraulic action?

<p>Force of water (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is attrition?

<p>The gradual reduction of a workforce (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is abrasion?

<p>Rocks smashing against bed and bank (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is corrosion?

<p>Chemical dissolving the bed and bank (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Match the erosional processes with their definitions:

<p>Hydraulic action = Force of water Attrition = Rocks smashing against each other Abrasion = Rocks smashing against bed and bank Corrosion = Chemicals dissolving the bed and bank</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is traction?

<p>Where large rocks and boulders are rolled along the river bed (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is saltation?

<p>Where smaller stones are bounced along the river bed in a leapfrogging motion. (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is suspension?

<p>Where very small grains of sand or silt are carried along with the water (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is solution?

<p>Where some material is dissolved (like sugar in a cup of tea) and is carried downstream (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Match the transportational processes with their definitions:

<p>Solution = Where some material is dissolved (like sugar in a cup of tea) and is carried downstream Traction = Where large rocks and boulders are rolled along the river bed Saltation = Where smaller stones are bounced along the river bed in a leapfrogging motion Suspension = Where very small grains of sand or silt are carried along with the water</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is deposition?

<p>Happens when the velocity of the river decreases; it no longer has enough energy to transport sediment and so it is dropped (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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