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What are the key features of a Drainage Basin?Year 10 River Pressures and Processes
Edexcel B Geography
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What are the key features of a Drainage Basin?
Learning Objectives:• To know and understand the key terminology
for drainage basin morphology;• To be resilient and reflective in your learning.
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Source: the start of a river. Usually high up in the hills the origin of which is normally a stream
Tributary: a small stream / channel that flows off the main river.
River Mouth: The end of the river where the river meets the sea. Sometimes this can result in a delta.
Confluence: the point at which a river and a tributary meet.
Watershed: An area of land drained by a river and its tributaries.
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The Long Profile
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The Long Profile from source to mouth
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZESqArkXp9Q&feature=related
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Consolidation Activity
• Write a paragraph explaining what happens to water as it travels from river source to river mouth. What happens to the shape and speed of the river during this journey.