Changing River Shape

Question 1

What does changing river shape mean

Answer 1

How a river changes from source to mouth

Question 2

How does the river change from source to mouth

Answer 2

It becomes wider deeper and slower

Question 3

What is the long profile of a river

Answer 3

The change in height of a river from source to mouth

Question 4

What is the gradient like near the source

Answer 4

Very steep

Question 5

What type of erosion dominates near the source

Answer 5

Vertical erosion

Question 6

What landform is created by vertical erosion

Answer 6

V shaped valleys

Question 7

What is the valley shape like in the upper course

Answer 7

Narrow and steep sided

Question 8

What happens to the river channel in the middle course

Answer 8

It becomes wider and deeper

Question 9

What type of erosion dominates in the middle course

Answer 9

Lateral erosion

Question 10

What landform forms due to lateral erosion

Answer 10

Meanders

Question 11

What happens on the outside of a meander

Answer 11

Fast flow causes erosion

Question 12

What happens on the inside of a meander

Answer 12

Slow flow causes deposition

Question 13

What is the river shape like in the lower course

Answer 13

Very wide deep and flat

Question 14

What landform forms in the lower course

Answer 14

Floodplains and levees

Question 15

Why does deposition increase downstream

Answer 15

The river loses energy

Question 16

What happens to sediment downstream

Answer 16

It becomes smaller and smoother due to attrition

Question 17

Why does the river slow down downstream

Answer 17

The gradient becomes gentler