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1. Label the diagram
Extension: describe what each word mean.
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1. Explain how each process erodes river banks/beds.
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1. Label each of the following transportation processes.
2. Describe how the river transports (moves) material.
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Add each of these labels onto the long profile diagram below:
LABELS:
CROSS PROFILE
DESCRIPTION
OF CROSS
PROFILE
TYPE OF
EROSION
SIZE OF LOAD
SHAPE OF LOAD RIVER
FEATURES
Shallow, narrow
channel
Lateral
(sideways)
erosion
becoming more
important
Very small –
dissolved or in
suspension
Jagged, sharp
edges
Big meanders
and flood plains
Widest, deepest
channel
A little lateral
erosion occurs
Large
Becoming
smoother due
to erosion
Waterfalls and v
shaped valleys
Wider, deeper
channel
Vertical erosion
(river trying to
reach sea level)
Size getting
smaller
Smooth, fine
material in the
load
Meanders
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Explain how a V shaped valley is formed:
What are interlocking spurs?
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Answer these questions:
What is this and how was it formed?
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Add the labels.
Explain what is happening
1.
Explain the formation of an ox bow lake:
Where is erosion occurring? Why?
What is happening to the neck of the meander? Why?
Where is deposition occurring? Why?
What will eventually happen to the ox bow lake?
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Explain how erosion and deposition help form a flood plain (complete the passage below using the words
provided)
Flood plains form due to both erosion and deposition. The narrow river valley is widened as the river begins to
erode laterally (or ______________). The interlocking ____________________ are eroded away by the
meandering river. The meanders create a wide, ____________ valley floor which is the flood plain. As the river
floods, ____________________ is deposited on this wide area and its level is built up to form the flat area on
either side of the river. The _______________ sediment is dropped first because the river has less
_________________ to transport it.
sideways
Heaviest
sediment
spurs
energy
flat
Diagram of a floodplain
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