Flood risk & flood management

River landscapes are changed by different processes.

Define the term suspension.

Study Figure 3a in the Resource Booklet.

Suggest one way hard engineering is used to manage this river.

You must use evidence from Figure 3a in your answer.

State one reason why rivers usually become wider downstream.

Study Figures 3b and 3c in the Resource Booklet.

Examine the role of physical processes in the formation of the flood plain and meanders.

You must use evidence from Figures 3b and 3c in your answer.

River landscapes are constantly being changed by different processes.

Study Figure 3a in the Resource Booklet.

Identify landform Y.

Define the term saltation.

Explain one reason why sediment shape usually becomes more rounded downstream.

Study Figures 3b and 3c in the Resource Booklet.

Examine the causes of the river flooding shown in Figures 3b and 3c.

You must use evidence from Figures 3b and 3c in your answer.

Study Figure 5a in the Resource Booklet.

Identify the region with the lowest increase in flood risk by 2080.

Describe the pattern of the predicted increase in flood risk in Scotland.

State two possible reasons why flood risk is expected to increase in the UK by 2080.

Study Figure 5b in the Resource Booklet.

Explain one impact of flooding on people in the UK.

Explain two approaches to managing flood risk in the UK.

In this question, up to four additional marks will be awarded for your spelling, punctuation, grammar and your use of specialist terminology.

Use the information from the Resource Booklet (Figures 5a to 5e) as well as knowledge and understanding from the rest of your geography course.

Discuss this view.

(Spelling, punctuation, grammar and use of specialist terminology = 4 marks)

River landscapes are constantly being changed by different processes.

Name one type of erosion.

Study Figure 3a in the Resource Booklet.

Identify the peak discharge shown on Figure 3a.

Explain one reason why there is a lag time between peak rainfall and peak discharge following a storm.

Study Figures 3b and 3c in the Resource Booklet.

Examine the possible advantages and disadvantages of the reservoir and dam shown in Figures 3b and 3c.

You must use evidence from Figures 3b and 3c in your answer.

River landscapes are constantly being changed by different processes.

Study Figure 3a in the Resource Booklet.

Identify landform Y.

Name one mass movement process.

Explain one reason why river discharge changes along the course of a river.

Study Figures 3b and 3c in the Resource Booklet.

Examine the effects of the river flooding shown in Figures 3b and 3c on people and the environment.

Flooding is causing increasing problems for people in England.

Study Figure 5a in the Resource Booklet.

Identify the total spend on management in 2012/13.

State two impacts of flooding on the environment in England.

Study Figure 5b in the Resource Booklet.

Calculate the mean kilometres of road and railway lines at risk of flooding.

Give your answer to the nearest whole number.

You must show your working in the space below.

Explain two impacts of flooding on peoples’ lives in England.

Explain one approach to managing flooding in England.

In this question, up to four additional marks will be awarded for your spelling, punctuation, grammar and your use of specialist terminology.

Use the information from the Resource Booklet (Figures 5a to 5f) as well as knowledge and understanding from the rest of your geography course.

‘The future protection of UK coastlines will bring more costs than benefits.’

Discuss this view.

(Total for spelling, punctuation, grammar and use of specialist terminology = 4 marks)

River landscapes are constantly being changed by different processes.

Study Figure 3a in the Resource Booklet.

Identify landform Y shown on Figure 3a.

State one type of erosion process.

Explain one way that heavy rainfall can cause flooding in river landscapes.

Study Figure 3b in the Resource Booklet.

Examine the advantages and disadvantages of the flood defences (washlands and floodplain zoning) shown in Figure 3b.

River landscapes are constantly being changed by different processes.

Define the term river discharge.

Name one way sediment is transported by a river.

Explain one way that deposition leads to the formation of levees.

Study Figure 3 in the Resource Booklet.

Examine how land use affected the storm hydrographs for River A and River B shown in Figure 3.