Work of rivers:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/geography/riverswater/river_process
esrev1.shtml
River features- erosional and depositional
http://ismgeof.wetpaint.com/page/River+Landforms%3A+Upper+Course
http://www.s-cool.co.uk/gcse/geography/rivers/revise-it/river-features
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/geography/riverswater/river_landfor
msrev1.shtml
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVGZt7nnjwI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sP5jNnoaLMQ&feature=BF&list=ULwpqeRn4
x-oA&index=1
Upper Course River Features Worksheet
1) Describe the formation of a waterfall using the diagrams below. Include the
terms plunge pool, collapse, gravity, erosion, retreat, undercut, hard rock and
soft rock
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Fill in the blanks:
2) As the river moves through the _____________ course it cuts ______________.
The gradient here is ________________ and the river channel is narrow. Vertical
erosion in this highland part of the river helps to create ________________
_____________ shaped _______________.
As the river _______________ the landscape in the upper course, it winds and
bends to avoid areas of hard rock. This creates ______________ ______________,
which look a bit like the interlocking parts of a zip.