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7-7 Rivers

 

2 - The river's journey1  

Geog123   book 1

 

pages 74-75   7.2 A river's journey

pages 76-77   7.3 Rivers at work

 

key words

 

source, mouth, watershed, drainage basin, confluence, tributary, flood plain, channel, river bed, river  bank, long profile

 

erosion, deposition, transport, abrasion, attrition, hydraulic action, solution, suspension, saltation, load,  bedload, sediment

 

 

The upper valley of the River Coquet, in a V-shaped valley with interlocking spurs.

 

Post cards from the Nile page

 

 

The V-shaped valley

 

 

Barrowburn Scar SSSI - the army manage this area.

 

River Croquet - the upper course 

 

mage produced from the Ordnance Survey Get-a-map service.

Image reproduced with kind permission of Ordnance Survey

and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland.

 

  1. Label features of the upper course on the above map in MS Wordformat

Links to multimap sections of the River Croquet

Barrowburn - an upland section of deep V-shaped valley

Thropton - meanders, ox-box lakes and a widening valley

River Coquet - meanders

River Croquet - mouth at Amble

 

 

   

7-7 Rivers 1 - The Water Cycle

7-7 Rivers 2 - The River's Journey

7-7 Rivers 3 - Features - waterfall formation

7-7 Rivers 4 - Features - meanders

 

Year 7 work

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