Drainage Basins http:// www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/watersheds-and-drainage-basin s/3238.html http:// www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfEi8CoPVgc&safe=active All of you will create a 3D model of a drainage basin Most of you will know the key terms linked to drainage basins Most of you will be able to describe, using an example, the effect of adapting a drainage basin
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All of you will create a 3D model of a drainage basinMost of you will know the key terms linked to drainage basinsMost of you will be able to describe, using an example, the effect of adapting a drainage basin
8. The Colorado River drainage basin (the area the river collects water from) has a seasonal rainfall pattern. What does seasonal rainfall mean?
9. What have the government built to store and transport water from the Colorado?
Has the management of the Colorado River been a success? Why? Explain your answer giving at least 3
points.
River Processes
LO: To describe the jobs that rivers do
All should be able to name the processes that rivers carry outMost will be able to describe the different types of erosion and transportationSome will be able to explain why rivers carry out different jobs at different stages
CatchmentThe area from which water drains into a particular drainage basin.
Tributary A river which joins a larger river.
ConfluenceThe point at which two rivers join.
Watershed The boundary dividing one drainage basin from another- a ridge of high land.
What is a drainage basin?
SourceThe upland area where the river begins.
MouthWhere the river flows into the sea, or sometimes a lake.
Processes = things that
happen
There are 4 processes that take place in and around rivers