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Geography - Rivers

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By: Amy Johnson
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Decks in this class (14)

Features
Define the drainage basin feature...,
What is the watershed features ri...,
What does the global hydrological...
11  cards
Water balance
What is the water balance wb rive...,
What is the water balance equatio...,
Over the months what happens to t...
4  cards
Hydrographs
What do flood hydrographs show hy...,
What is the equation for river di...,
What is velocity hydrographs rive...
11  cards
River regime
What is a river regime regimes ri...,
What would an alpine river look l...,
What would a river in the sahara ...
5  cards
Processes
What 3 directional erosions can o...,
What is headward erosion processe...,
What is vertical erosion processe...
12  cards
Hjulstrom curve
When does deposition occur hjulst...,
What affects the velocity of a ri...,
What does the hjulstrom curve sho...
5  cards
Bradshaw model
What does the bradshaw model show...,
What 5 factors increase downstrea...,
What 3 factors decrease downstrea...
3  cards
Channel characteristics
What features will you find in th...,
What features will you find in th...,
What features will you find in th...
10  cards
Landforms
What is fluvial erosion landforms...,
What is fluvial deposition landfo...,
What are v shaped valleys landfor...
11  cards
Rejuvenation
What is rejuvenation rejuvenation...,
What is eustatic change encourage...,
What is a kick point rejuvenation...
9  cards
Flooding
What is flood frequency flooding ...,
What is flood magnitude flooding ...,
What is recurrence interval flood...
8  cards
Case study MEDC flooding - Carlisle
What date was the flooding carlis...,
What is the location carlisle riv...,
What were the causes of the flood...
8  cards
Case study LEDC flooding - Bangladesh
What was the date of the flood ba...,
What was the location of the floo...,
What physical factors influenced ...
7  cards
Engineering
What structural methods can be us...,
How can channelisation help preve...,
What types of hard engineering co...
4  cards

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