Rivers Flashcards
(4 cards)
1
Q
Hard engineering for rivers
A
Channel straightening, embankments, flood relief, dam and resevoirs
2
Q
Soft engineering for rivers
A
Trees, flood storage, floodplain zoning, river resotration
3
Q
Banbury
A
2.9km embankment 4.5m tall, 2 flow control structures
4
Q
Tees
A
High force waterfall due to hard igneous rock and levees and floodplains at Darlington
