Rivers - Examples - R Tees & Banbury

Question 1

Name the river in the UK you have studied

Answer 1

River Tees

Question 2

Where in the UK is the river you have studied?

Answer 2

North east

Question 3

Name the source of the River Tees

Answer 3

Cross Fell

Question 4

Name the mouth of the River Tees

Answer 4

North Sea

Question 5

Name the erosional landform on the River Tees you’ve studied

Answer 5

High Force Waterfall

Question 6

Name the two types of rock at High Force

Answer 6

hard rock - whinsill

softer rock - limestone

Question 7

Name the erosional and depositional landform you’ve studied on the River Tees

Answer 7

Meanders

Question 8

Where are the meanders you’ve studied on the River Tees located?

Answer 8

Yarm

Question 9

Why have the meanders at Yarm not developed into ox-bow lakes?

Answer 9

Urbanisation - human development, the town of Yarm blocks them

Question 10

What is the depositional landform on the River Tees that you have studied?

Answer 10

Estuary

Question 11

Where is the estuary on the River Tees?

Answer 11

Teesside

Question 12

What other physical feature is at the estuary at Teesside?

Answer 12

Seal Sands nature reserve - mudflats and sandbanks

Question 13

What is your flood management scheme example?

Answer 13

Banbury, UK

Question 14

How many houses in Banbury did the 1998 flood affect?

Answer 14

150

Question 15

How much damage (£ millions) did the 1998 Banbury flood cause?

Answer 15

£12.5 million

Question 16

How much did Banbury spend on the flood management scheme?

Answer 16

£18.5 million

Question 17

What did the flood management scheme do?

Answer 17

1. raise A361
2. 4.5m soil embankments
3. Hardwick flow control centre
4. biodiversity action plan planting trees and hedgerows

Question 18

How many homes and commercial properties does the flood management scheme protect?

Answer 18

441 homes

73 commercial properties

Question 19

What are the social issues?

Answer 19

• A361 stays open so people can go to school / work
• quality of life improved with new footpaths and higher biodiversity
• reduced anxiety as lower risk of flooding

Question 20

What are the economic issues?

Answer 20

• cost £18.5 million
• protects 441 homes, 73 commercial properties
• benefits worth £100 million
• property values rising as lower risk of flooding

Question 21

What are the environmental issues?

Answer 21

• 100,000 tonnes of soil needed for embankment
• BAP created new habitat improving biodiversity
• part of the floodplain left to flood if river gets too high