River Landscapes and Processes - Glossary of Terms

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 GeographyCorrasionOr abrasion the wearing away of the river banks by the load carried in the water.


River Landscapes & Processes - AQA "A" GCSE GeographyCorrosionThe chemical action of water dissolving minerals


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!


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 GeographyDepositionThe laying down of material by the river.


River Landscapes & Processes - AQA "A" GCSE GeographyEstuaryA drowned river mouth in a lowland area.


River Landscapes & Processes - AQA "A" GCSE GeographyFloodWhen a river overtops its banks and spreads onto the valley floor.


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 GeographyFluvial landformsFeatures produced by its rivers


River Landscapes & Processes - AQA "A" GCSE GeographyFluvial ProcessesThe process which a river erodes and deposits and transports.


River Landscapes & Processes - AQA "A" GCSE GeographyGorge of recessionSteep sided narrow valley created by waterfall retreat.


River Landscapes & Processes - AQA "A" GCSE GeographyHydraulic PowerThe force of water eroding the bed and banks of the river.


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 GeographyLong profileThe profile of a river form its source to mouth.


River Landscapes & Processes - AQA "A" GCSE GeographyMeandersBends in the middle and lower course of a river.


River Landscapes & Processes - AQA "A" GCSE GeographyOx-bow lakesSemi-circular lakes formed by sealing off a meander bend.


River Landscapes & Processes - AQA "A" GCSE GeographySaltation Small particles Jumping along the river bed.


River Landscapes & Processes - AQA "A" GCSE GeographySuspensionSmall particles of silt and clay carried along in the rivers flow.


River Landscapes & Processes - AQA "A" GCSE GeographyTractionBoulders rolling along the river bed.


River Landscapes & Processes - AQA "A" GCSE GeographyWaterfallA vertical drop giving a high head of water along a stretch of river.


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River Landscapes and Processes - Glossary of Terms