RIVER RIBBLE -CASE STUDY

Question 1

how do people use river basins?

Answer 1

• farming
• fishing
• recreational
• residential
• energy (HEP)
• conservation
• transport
• industry
• water supply

Question 2

source of river ribble

Answer 2

Pennines and Yorkshire dales

Question 3

mouth

Answer 3

irish sea

Question 4

covers how much area from land to sea?

Answer 4

110 km

Question 5

size of basin

Answer 5

2128km (2)

Question 6

includes 5 main rivers and tributaries

Answer 6

-ribble
-hodder
calder
-darween
-douglas

Question 7

population

Answer 7

1.25 million in catchment

Question 8

Farming

Answer 8

• upland catchment (based around small villages)
• some upland farms located on permeable limestone= spillages and other releases of pollutants can enter groundwater quickly

Question 9

Leisure and tourism

Answer 9

• walking

- coarse fishing is popular at upper reachers of ribble e.g hodder

Question 10

industrial uses

Answer 10

Darween provides power to cotton/woollen mills of Blackburn and Darwen in 18th/19th century

• disposal of liquid effluent
• STW’s in Preston

Question 11

Water supply

Answer 11

• sewage treatment works in Preston

- Stocks Reservoir provides drinking water for Blackburn

Question 12

Nature reserves

Answer 12

• 1/2 estuary is designated at Ramsor site (designation for nationally important wetlands)
• low tides in estuary reveal extensive mud and sand flats, supporting tens of thousands of migratory birds
• ribble estuary supports highest UK populations of wigeon, sanderling and ringed plover