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RIVERS - AQA GCSE GEOGRAPHY EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS VERIFIED GRADED A++
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The force of the water hitting the river bed and banks. This is most effective when the
water is moving fast and when there is a lot of it.
Select the correct term
1Solution 2Hydraulic action
3Attrition 4Abrasion
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Terms in this set (46)
The force of the water hitting the river bed and banks. This is most effective
Hydraulic action
when the water is moving fast and when there is a lot of it.
When the load carried by the river repeatedly hits the bed or banks
Abrasion
dislodging particles into the flow of the river.
When stones carried by the river knock against each other, gradually
Attrition
making the stones smaller and more rounded.
When the river flows over limestone or chalk, the rock is slowly dissolved.
Solution
This is because it is soluble in mildly acidic river water.
The place where the river ends, usually
where the river joins the sea.
Mouth
The place where a river starts, usually in an
area of highland.
Source
The edge of a river basin.
Watershed
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A small stream which joins a larger river.
Tributary
The point at which 2 rivers meet/ where a
tributary joins a larger river.
Confluence
The area where water drains into a drainage basin.
Catchment
the area of land drained by a river
and its tributaries
Drainage basin
When a gas cools and turns into a liquid. This
forms clouds at high altitudes.
Condensation
When plants release water vapour from
their bodies.
Transpiration
The fancy word for rain, sleet, snow, hail etc
Precipitation
When a liquid turns to a gas and rises.
Evaporation
This cycle shows how water moves between the Image: The
land, seas and atmosphere via precipitation, Hydrological
The Hydrological (Water) Cycle
evaporation etc (Water) Cycle
This is the name given to the start of a
river's journey, here it is small, youthful and
Upper course
full of energy.
These are formed in the upper course of
a river due to vertical erosion.
V-Shaped valleys
These are formed in the upper course of
the river as it flows downhill and winds its
Interlocking spurs
way between
harder and softer rock.
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RIVERS - AQA GCSE GEOGRAPHY EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS VERIFIED GRADED A++
Practice questions for this set
Learn 1/7 Study using Learn
The force of the water hitting the river bed and banks. This is most effective when the
water is moving fast and when there is a lot of it.
Select the correct term
1Solution 2Hydraulic action
3Attrition 4Abrasion
Don't know?
Terms in this set (46)
The force of the water hitting the river bed and banks. This is most effective
Hydraulic action
when the water is moving fast and when there is a lot of it.
When the load carried by the river repeatedly hits the bed or banks
Abrasion
dislodging particles into the flow of the river.
When stones carried by the river knock against each other, gradually
Attrition
making the stones smaller and more rounded.
When the river flows over limestone or chalk, the rock is slowly dissolved.
Solution
This is because it is soluble in mildly acidic river water.
The place where the river ends, usually
where the river joins the sea.
Mouth
The place where a river starts, usually in an
area of highland.
Source
The edge of a river basin.
Watershed
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A small stream which joins a larger river.
Tributary
The point at which 2 rivers meet/ where a
tributary joins a larger river.
Confluence
The area where water drains into a drainage basin.
Catchment
the area of land drained by a river
and its tributaries
Drainage basin
When a gas cools and turns into a liquid. This
forms clouds at high altitudes.
Condensation
When plants release water vapour from
their bodies.
Transpiration
The fancy word for rain, sleet, snow, hail etc
Precipitation
When a liquid turns to a gas and rises.
Evaporation
This cycle shows how water moves between the Image: The
land, seas and atmosphere via precipitation, Hydrological
The Hydrological (Water) Cycle
evaporation etc (Water) Cycle
This is the name given to the start of a
river's journey, here it is small, youthful and
Upper course
full of energy.
These are formed in the upper course of
a river due to vertical erosion.
V-Shaped valleys
These are formed in the upper course of
the river as it flows downhill and winds its
Interlocking spurs
way between
harder and softer rock.
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