Rivers Revision
1. Add in the missing labels on the water cycle diagram below:
2. Complete the Key and shade the inputs, outputs, stores and flows on the diagram.
3. Define these keywords:
Evaporation
Precipitation
Infiltration
Percolation
Throughflow
Groundwater flow
Surface run-off
4. Label each of the features of the drainage basin:
5. There are four types of river erosion, match each key term to its meaning:
Abrasion (Corrasion)
This is the force of the water.
It goes into cracks in the bed and
banks and erodes them.
Hydraulic Action
This is when the acidic water
attacks the bed and banks and
erodes them.
Attrition
This is when rocks scrape along,
or bash into, the bed and banks.
This happens when rocks bash into
each other, breaking off small
chunks.
Solution (Corrosion)
6. Rivers transport material in four ways, label the diagram below with the correct
keywords:
Solution
Traction
Suspension
Saltation
7. Cross out the incorrect terms in the brackets:
Rivers deposit their load when they have (high/low) levels of energy. They deposit
the (heaviest/lightest) pebbles first. The (heaviest/lightest) particles are carried
for longer even when the river doesn’t have much (food/energy).
8. Draw four diagrams and four sentences to explain how waterfalls and gorges are
formed:
9. Draw a line to show the path of the fastest flow in the meander below:
10. Look at the diagram which shows a cross-section of a meander. Fit the words
into the table in the right places:
a
b
Speed
Depth
Process
Landform
Fast
Slow
Shallow
Deep
Cliff
Beach
Deposition
Erosion
11. Use the four diagrams below to explain the stages in the formation of an oxbow
lake.
12. Match the correct definition to the correct keyword:
Interlocking Spurs
These are fat, wide areas of land either side
of the river that can accommodate flood
water.
Flood Plain
These are raised river banks made from coarse
deposited load.
Levees
These are ridges of land which are locked
together in the upper part of the river. The
river winds its way around them.
13. Complete the paragraph below about the causes of flooding by choosing the
correct word from the pairs in brackets:
14. Name the parts of the flood hydrograph labelled 1-5:
15. Complete the table below for two floods you have studied:
MEDC Flood
Where?
When?
Natural Causes?
Human Causes?
Effects?
Responses?
LEDC Flood