GCSE Geography: River Processes and Landforms

Categories: GCSE, Geography
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About Course

How does a river shape the land from its source in the hills to its mouth at the sea? With Remi the revision owl, revise the long and cross profile of a river, the processes of erosion, transportation and deposition, and how waterfalls, gorges, meanders, ox-bow lakes, levées and flood plains form – with annotated-sequence tips and exam-style model answers.

Tutwoo Kids is independent and is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, the Department for Education, Ofqual or any exam board. This course supports learning alongside school; it is not a qualification and certificates are not GCSE results. GCSEs in England are graded 9 to 1, and specifications differ between exam boards, so always check your own board’s specification and follow your teacher’s advice.

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What Will You Learn?

  • Describe how a river's long profile and cross profile change downstream Explain the four processes of erosion and four of transportation Explain the formation of waterfalls, gorges, meanders and ox-bow lakes Explain the formation of levées, flood plains and estuaries

Course Content

Course Lessons

  • The river’s journey: long and cross profiles
  • Erosion, transportation and deposition
  • Upper course landforms: interlocking spurs, waterfalls and gorges
  • Middle and lower course landforms

For grown-ups
Sources and further reading for parents, carers and teachers.

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