1 - Upper middle lower course

• Aardrijkskunde
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 2

LANDSCAPE

TTO 2

Mister de Graaf

Boss of Geography

This lesson

Absence control

New topic: landscape

- Making notes

- Drawing notes

- Doing research

Learning objectives

At the end of the chapter you can…

• Recognize the course of a river and name the features of its parts
• Explain how processes of weathering, erosion and sedimentation together shape the landscape
• Explain how different landscapes have formed and will change
• Describe how the four different types of weathering work
• Describe how the three different types of erosion work
• Describe how sediment changes in size over the course of a river
• Distinguishing a young and old mountain range

What is this topic about?

Two to three instructional lessons from the boss

Two to three work lessons

Presentations in groups of 2 or 3 students about one of the rivers given

You'll be taking the class on a cruise along your river

Let's start with the Rhine

Which way does the river flow?

Which way does the river flow?

Excercise

Copy the following questions into your notebook and answer:

1. What is the name of the mountain range where the Rhine rises?
   
2. How did that mountain range form? Be as complete as possible.
   
3. Which countries does the Rhine flow through?

River basin the Rhine

Switzerland (Source)

Liechtenstein

Austria

France

Germany

Netherlands (Estuary)

= River basin (185,000 km2)

A total of 1320km long

A river flows from high to low

A river flows from high to low

• Upper course
• Middle course
  
• Lower course

Copy the drawing (approximately) and put the upper course, middle course and lower course in it.

State whether the river flows fast, slower or slow there

Excercise

You already know how mountains form (really cool, huh?).

But do mountains always grow? Or do they also break?

Look up and explain the definition of the following exogenous forces

Weathering --> with photo

Erosion ------> with photo

Erosion

Erosion is the geological process in which earthen materials are worn away and transported by natural forces such as wind or water.

Young

Old

Sharp and steep

Flattened by weathering and erosion

V-shaped valley

U-shaped valley

Erosion by water & erosion by ice