Flooding rivers

Geography

This unit links to 'Climate zones: What are they and why do they matter?' in which the influence of climate on global geographies and environmental regions is developed with reference to understanding of the water cycle and rivers.

This unit builds on 'The water cycle: why is it important?' and develops this understanding further to investigate where water goes to and to look at where and why the major rivers are located and how local rivers are affected by weather variations. 

Rivers: what's special about them? 

A river floods when water rises over its...

Are these human or natural causes of flooding?

they block the flow of water in the river

How do trees help reduce the risk of flooding?

Towns and cities have grown {{}}, and this increases the risk of flooding.

What type of surfaces increase the risk of flooding?

Which of these statements describe the river in the image?

Which of these is a landform in the upper course?

Bouncing, floating, rolling and dissolved are all ways the river does what?

What do we call the path a river takes from its source at the start to its mouth at the end? Unscramble the letters to find the answer. 

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