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Year 8 · Geography · Rivers and coasts · Lesson 1

River processes

River processes: the long profile, source and mouth, the four types of erosion and transport, deposition and discharge.

Whiteboard video lesson: River processes

18-minute video lesson

Teaching, worked examples and 20 practice questions solved step by step.

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What your child will learn

  • Describe a river's long profile
  • Name and explain the four erosion processes
  • Name and explain the four transport processes
  • Explain deposition
  • Define discharge and drainage basin terms

The method

  1. Name the process.
  2. Describe it.
  3. Say where it happens.
  4. Explain why.

Key words: erosion, transportation, deposition, long profile, discharge, tributary, drainage basin.

Worked examples

The first three practice questions from the lesson, with every step.

Question 1

What is the source of a river?

  1. Step 1: Where it begins

Answer: Where a river starts

Question 2

What is the mouth of a river?

  1. Step 1: Where it ends

Answer: Where a river meets the sea or a lake

Question 3

What is a tributary?

  1. Step 1: A smaller river joining a bigger one

Answer: A smaller river that joins the main river