Water on the land

what is the water cycle?

what is precipitation?

what is another word for sediment?

what are the 4 factors that cause deposition?

what is river discharge?

what is river discharge measured in?

what factors affect discharge?

what are the ideal conditions for high river discharge?

features the upper course of a river?

processes of the upper course river?

features of rivers, channels and bed loads of upper course river?

features of the middle course of a river?

processes of the middle course?

features of the rivers, channels and bed loads in the middle course?

Features of the lower course river?

Processes of the lower course?

features of rivers, channels and bed loads in lower course?

how do waterfalls and gorges form?

how do meanders form?

cross section of a meander

how do oxbow lakes form?

how are floodplains formed?

way levees are formed?

what is the definition of flooding?

human causes of flooding

physical causes of flooding

what would reduce the risk of flooding?

what does peak rainfall mean?

what does peak discharge mean?

what does falling limb mean?

what does rising limb mean?

what does the lag time mean?

what is hard engineering?

examples of hard engineering

what is soft engineering?

examples of soft engineering?

what does water stress mean and what causes it?

what does areas of deficit mean and what causes it?

what does areas of surplus mean and what causes it?

what places in the UK have a water surplus?

what places in the UK have a water deficit?

what is the case study for water transfer in the UK?

what are the advantages of Kielder Water?

what are the disadvantages of Keilder Water?