geography GCSE

Question	Answer
geography	GCSE
drainage basins	A drainage basin is an extent or an area of land where surface water from rain, melting snow, or ice converges to a single point at a lower elevation, usually the exit of the basin, where the waters join another water body, such as a river, lake, reservoir, estuary, wetland, sea, or ocean.
drainage basin	Image: 32492bed-75d8-41a2-a525-fd41129d8c32 (image/png)
drainage basins	the picture before: the blue lines are rivers, the main blue line is the basin of the rivers that are joining on to it
river land forms	a rivers land form is the way the river cuts through the landscape. eg the river meanders, or, the river cuts through a valley
river land forms	river landforms: upper course: v-shaped valley interlocking spurs waterfalls and rapids steep gradients
river landforms	river landforms: middle course: meanders ox-bow lakes gental gradients
river landforms	river landforms: lower course: braiding deltas estuary flat land
river landforms website	http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/guides/zkrdmp3/revision/1

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