River fieldwork

Question 1

what are the two sub question

Answer 1

1. How do channel characteristics influence flood risk of the River Wear?
2. How do drainage basin characteristics influence flood risk of the River Wear?

Question 2

why we chose these sites

Answer 2

We chose four sites along the River Wear
Sites were chosen for accessibility (parking for our mini bus) and safety (shallow water). This is the most appropriate sampling strategy for us (school students)
not allow us to investigate any parts of the river with a high flood risk

Question 3

why we measure width, depth and velocity

Answer 3

calculate discharge
Where discharge is high, flooding is more likely.

Question 4

what is the name of the river we chose

Answer 4

bedburn beck
river seven

Question 5

name our two secondary data

Answer 5

geology map
flood risk map

Question 6

what question did our secondary question answer

Answer 6

2. How do drainage basin characteristics influence flood risk of the River Wear?

Question 7

5 facts about the flood risk map