Stages of a River
Landforms / Features
Landforms / Features 2
Processes of Fluvial & Coastal Erosion
Random
100
What is stage A?
Youthful Stage / Upper Course
100
Name a feature of river erosion
Waterfall
100
What is the feature at 1?
A meander
100
This process is the force of moving water breaking down rock
Hydraulic Action
100
What collapses when a waterfall is formed?
The overhang
200
What is stage B?
Mature Stage / Middle Course
200
Name a landform of fluvial deposition
Levee / Meander
200
Is number 2 a bay or a delta?
A bay
200
This process dissolves rocks
Solution
200
What do we call the material carried by a river?
The load
300
What is stage C?
Old Stage / Lower Course
300
Name a landform of coastal erosion
Cliff
300
Is number 4 a headland or a delta?
A headland
300
True or false: Attrition is when the rocks carried by rivers or seas erode one another
True
300
Where does a river enter the sea?
The mouth
400
In what stage of the river would you find a waterfall?
Youthful / Upper
400
Name a landform of coastal deposition
Beach
400
What is number 5? Sea s______
Sea Stack
400
Explain how compressed air erodes coastlines
Waves push air into cracks in the rock. This puts pressure on the rocks and breaks it down over time
400
Finish the sentence: Eventually, the overhang collapses and the waterfall ______________ upstream.
Retreats
500
In what stage of the river would you find a meander?
Mature / Middle
500
Name a feature from the middle course of a river
Meander
500
Put these in correct order, according to when they are formed: Sea Stack, Sea Cave, Sea Arch, Sea Stump
1. Sea Cave 2. Sea Arch 3. Sea Stack 4. Sea Stump
500
Explain the process of abrasion
500
Explain the process of longshore drift
