Thursday, October 9, 2025

Geography 12 - Review sheet for River systems test

Test date:  October 10, Friday

Earth Matters pp.116-118, 185-193 

Be ready to define and give an example of some of the following vocabulary:

tributary                          drainage patterns                  flood plain                waterfall
erosion                            undercutting                         meander                    v-shaped valley
levee                               delta                                      estuary                     gorges/canyons
oxbow lake                     alluvial fan                            flow velocity            potholes/watermills
solution                           suspension                            traction                      dredging             
saltation                          sediment transport                hydraulic action        watershed
abrasion                          attrition                                dam

***Be able to differentiate between erosional and depositional features in a river system.


Know the drainage patterns! I didn't add to the vocab...but know them!


Know the stages of river development and what sort of evidence there is to support what stage of development a

river is in.


Be able to describe and draw a diagram showing the processes of erosion.

Be ready to label diagrams of river systems.

Know the different components of a river system.

Be able to associate the features of a river system to what we have seen in our field work.

Understand the human impacts on river systems



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