Rivers, floods and managementThe River!Use the bullet points to check knowledge & understandingSkillsNote particular aspectssuited to testing via theskills paper.
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The drainage basin hydrological cycle: the water balance.
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Factors affecting river discharge: the storm hydrograph.F/wData Collection(Discharge)
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The long profile – changing processes: types of erosion, transportationand deposition, types of load;F/wData Collection(All aspects ofBradshaw model)Drawing the long profileGraphs
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The Hjulstrom curve.F/wData CollectionSediment size inrelation to dischargeStats.Graphs
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Valley profiles – long profile and changing cross profile downstream,graded profile, potential and kinetic energy.F/wData CollectionBradshaw modelStats.Graphs & cartographic
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Changing channel characteristics – cross profile, wetted perimeter,hydraulic radius, roughness, efficiency and links to velocity anddischarge.F/wData CollectionBradshaw modelStats.Graphs
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Landforms of fluvial erosion and deposition –potholes, rapids, waterfalls,meanders, braiding, levees, flood plains and deltas.Mapwork, photosanalysis
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