Development of River Landscapes — Eduqas GCSE Geography B C112
Eduqas GCSE Geography B · C112
Development of River Landscapes
What you need to know
Explain how sweeping macro changes in climate, underlying geology, and localized human activity deeply influence the complex flows and essential stores of fresh water within UK river landscapes.
Describe the complex hydrological cycle processes of canopy interception, plant transpiration, deep soil infiltration, rapid surface run-off, and slower throughflow.
Analyze how massive human activities, particularly widespread urbanisation and severe changes to local vegetation, negatively affect these natural hydrological processes.
Analyze how shifting seasonal climates create distinct seasonal variations in overall river discharge, and fully understand the geographical concept of a defined annual river regime.
Interpret complex hydrographs to successfully demonstrate the precise statistical relationship between major climatic events and spiking river discharge.
Explain how powerful fluvial processes directly interact with heavy weathering, mass movement, and human activities to sculpt highly distinctive UK river landscapes over time.
Describe local scale fluvial erosional processes, specifically including powerful hydraulic action, deep abrasion, constant attrition, and chemical solution.
Explain fluvial transportation and deposition processes, detailing the mechanics of heavy traction, saltation, fine suspension, and invisible solution.
Explain the systematic geographical formation of key physical river landforms, prominently including steep v-shaped valleys, dramatic waterfalls, deep gorges, winding meanders, ox-bow lakes, wide floodplains, and complex estuaries.
Evaluate how major human interventions, such as massive reservoir creation, persistent river dredging, and artificial channel straightening, severely disrupt naturally occurring river landscapes.
