Rivers and Flooding

In this unit you will find out the answers to the following questions:

1. What is the hydrological cycle and how does it work?
2. What are the processes of weathering and erosion?
3. How do rivers shape the land?
4. What are the causes and effects of river floods?

You will develop the following skills:

1. Describing and explaining physical features
2. Investigating change in places
3. Collecting, recording and presenting evidence
4. Using an extended geographical vocabulary

Key words to learn

channel, chemical, deforestation, delta, deposition, erosion, estuary, flood plain, hydrological, infiltration, landscape, meander, mouth, river basin, run-off, source, transportation, tributary, valley, waterfall, weathering