AQA `A` GCSE Geography
Glossary of termsRiver Landscapes and Processes
River Landscapes & Processes - AQA "A" GCSE Geography
River Landscapes & Processes - AQA "A" GCSE GeographyAttrition Parts of the load rubbing against each other and so becoming smaller and rounded.
River Landscapes & Processes - AQA "A" GCSE Geography
River Landscapes & Processes - AQA "A" GCSE GeographyCorrasionOr abrasion the wearing away of the river banks by the load carried in the water.
River Landscapes & Processes - AQA "A" GCSE Geography
River Landscapes & Processes - AQA "A" GCSE GeographyCorrosionThe chemical action of water dissolving minerals
River Landscapes & Processes - AQA "A" GCSE Geography
River Landscapes & Processes - AQA "A" GCSE GeographyCross ProfileThe profile of the river and valley from one side to another as if the river had been cut in half like an orange!
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River Landscapes & Processes - AQA "A" GCSE GeographyDeltaOften triangular shaped flat land jutting out to sea at the mouth of the river.
River Landscapes & Processes - AQA "A" GCSE Geography
River Landscapes & Processes - AQA "A" GCSE GeographyDepositionThe laying down of material by the river.
River Landscapes & Processes - AQA "A" GCSE Geography
River Landscapes & Processes - AQA "A" GCSE GeographyEstuaryA drowned river mouth in a lowland area.
River Landscapes & Processes - AQA "A" GCSE Geography
River Landscapes & Processes - AQA "A" GCSE GeographyFloodWhen a river overtops its banks and spreads onto the valley floor.
River Landscapes & Processes - AQA "A" GCSE Geography
River Landscapes & Processes - AQA "A" GCSE GeographyFlood PlainThe flat, low lying valley floor adjacent to a river at its lower course.
River Landscapes & Processes - AQA "A" GCSE Geography
River Landscapes & Processes - AQA "A" GCSE GeographyFluvial landformsFeatures produced by its rivers
River Landscapes & Processes - AQA "A" GCSE Geography
River Landscapes & Processes - AQA "A" GCSE GeographyFluvial ProcessesThe process which a river erodes and deposits and transports.
River Landscapes & Processes - AQA "A" GCSE Geography
River Landscapes & Processes - AQA "A" GCSE GeographyGorge of recessionSteep sided narrow valley created by waterfall retreat.
River Landscapes & Processes - AQA "A" GCSE Geography
River Landscapes & Processes - AQA "A" GCSE GeographyHydraulic PowerThe force of water eroding the bed and banks of the river.
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River Landscapes & Processes - AQA "A" GCSE GeographyLevesRaised mounds of silt seen as ridges on top of river banks, formed by flooding.
River Landscapes & Processes - AQA "A" GCSE Geography
River Landscapes & Processes - AQA "A" GCSE GeographyLong profileThe profile of a river form its source to mouth.
River Landscapes & Processes - AQA "A" GCSE Geography
River Landscapes & Processes - AQA "A" GCSE GeographyMeandersBends in the middle and lower course of a river.
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River Landscapes & Processes - AQA "A" GCSE GeographyOx-bow lakesSemi-circular lakes formed by sealing off a meander bend.
River Landscapes & Processes - AQA "A" GCSE Geography
River Landscapes & Processes - AQA "A" GCSE GeographySaltation Small particles Jumping along the river bed.
River Landscapes & Processes - AQA "A" GCSE Geography
River Landscapes & Processes - AQA "A" GCSE GeographySuspensionSmall particles of silt and clay carried along in the rivers flow.
River Landscapes & Processes - AQA "A" GCSE Geography
River Landscapes & Processes - AQA "A" GCSE GeographyTractionBoulders rolling along the river bed.
River Landscapes & Processes - AQA "A" GCSE Geography
River Landscapes & Processes - AQA "A" GCSE GeographyWaterfallA vertical drop giving a high head of water along a stretch of river.
River Landscapes & Processes - AQA "A" GCSE Geography