GCSE    Edexcel Geography Specification A syllabus no.1312

A1  The Physical World

1 c River Landscapes - Deltas

Chapter 1  pages 

Tomorrow's Geography  Mike Harcourt and Steph Warren,

published by Hodder and Stoughton 0 340 79965 X

River Landscapes 

The formation of interlocking spurs, meanders, ox-bow lakes, flood plains, levees and deltas.

Students should: Describe and explain the formation of interlocking spurs, meanders, ox-bow lakes, floodplains, levees and deltas.

   
 River Landscapes - Deltas

 

Three views of the River Mississippi .. a digitate or bird's foot shaped delta

 

Rivers

Year 10

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