River in the Upper Course What do you think a V-shaped valley is? What do you think forms a V-shaped valley? How do you think it is formed?

River in the Upper Course

• What do you think a V-shaped valley is?

• What do you think forms a V-shaped valley?

• How do you think it is formed?

What does a V-Shaped valley look like?

Can you mark the V-shaped valley’s on these photos?

V-shaped Valley

• In the upper Course the river has lots of energy

• The river erodes downwards more then outwards

How are V-shaped valleys formed ?

1. Draw this sketch

2. Describe what is happening at each of the numbers

A River in its upper course

Draw this diagram

1. Use the words below to add labels to your

diagram

Source Where a river starts Spurs Ridges of land around which a river bends Valley sides The slopes on either side of a river V- shaped valley The shape of a valley in its upper course Channel The course of a river River banks The sides of a river channel River Beds The bottom of a river channel Load Material that is carried or moved by the river

1. Try to annotate this picture

Write an explanation that could be used for this slide