Rivers

Question 1

how are river flows characterised

Answer 1

by their bank location

Question 2

what is the purpose of rivers

Answer 2

redistribute excess moisture on land

Question 3

what is baneful discharge

Answer 3

this is when there is most effective erosion and transport of materials

Question 4

3 types of rivers

Answer 4

meandering single thread
braided multiple channels which divide and rejoin

Question 5

What is avulsion

Answer 5

the process which the stream rapidly abandons a developed channel and creates a new one

Question 6

what do floodplains deomsatrate

Answer 6

past hydrological conditions