geo 2:From the mountains to the sea. par. 3 + 4

• Aardrijkskunde
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 2

I Horsts and graben are high and low lying parts of land.

II The Upper Rhine Plain is very fertile because of rich clay sedimentation
from the slowly flowing Rhine.

1. I and II are both true
2. I is true and II is false
3. I and II are both false
4. I is false and II is right

Explain in 1 sentence what a MEANDER is.

watershed

hydrosphere

catchment area

regime

watershed

Cliffed coast

gradient

Steep coast which forms when the sea erodes the lower slopes.

The fall per kilometre

The entire area that drains into the principle river system

All the water found on earth

Fluctuations in the amount of water transported by a river.

Boundary between two catchment areas.

Which statement does not apply to the Middle Rhine?

1. It is called the 'romantic Rhine'
2. The river meanders more when it flows slowly.
3. The river bends a lot because it has to flow through a mountain range.
4. The river valley becomes narrower and deeper.

Why is the Rhine river a mixed river?

Which three factors determine the height and power of waves?

Read the following statements:
I Part of the British coast has a steep slope.
II The British coast has a weak backwash.

1. Statement I is true, II is false.
2. Both statements are true.
3. Both statements are false.
4. Statement I is false, II is true.

Is the fastest current in the river in the inner bend or in the outer bend?

What are waves called that overturn and break in shallow water?

sedimentation

lithosphere

weathering

oxbow lake

estuary

delta

breaking of rock because of weather and vegetation

material left behind

formed when a meander is cut off

the earth's crust

river mouth formed by the ebb and flow of the tide

river mouth divides into many small rivers