The document discusses restoration works along the River Skerne in Darlington. It includes a figure showing changes to the river channel, including widening the channel and creating floodplains. The restoration scheme aims to attract visitors to the area by creating a natural environment. The document also discusses the formation of oxbow lakes when a meander is cut off from the main river channel. River flooding is examined, including describing the causes of a flood that was studied. Flood plain zoning is discussed as a sustainable management strategy to reduce flooding impacts.
1. 6 River Landscapes and Processes 2004 (15 marks)
(a) Study Figure 9, on the insert, which shows a map of the restoration (and flood protection)
works on the River Skerne in Darlington.
Figure 9
(i) Using Figure 9, give two changes to the channel of the River Skerne that have taken place
since this section of the river was restored.
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2. (ii) Explain how the restoration scheme may attract visitors to the area.
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(b) With the aid of diagrams, explain the formation of an oxbow lake.
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3. (c) Describe the causes of a river flood that you have studied.
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(a) Study Figure 8, which shows part of a meandering river.
4. (i) What is a meander?
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(ii) In the bow, draw and label a cross-section from A-B through the meander.
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(iii) Explain how features of a meander are formed.
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5. (b) Study Figure 9, which shows a plan for flood plain zoning.
(i) Flood plain zoning is a ‘soft management strategy’.
What does this mean?
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(ii) Using Figure 9, describe the flood plain zoning and explain why strategies such as this
are sustainable.
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(a) Figure 8 is a sketch-map of part of the area shown in Figure 1, the Ordnance Survey map extract of Ross-
on-Wye.
(i) On Figure 8, mark with an arrow and label three physical features of the river and its valley.
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(ii) Explain how one physical feature of the River Wye or its valley, shown in Figure 8, has been formed.
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(ii) Explain one way in which flooding may be prevented.
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(a) (i) On Figure 9 below , a waterfall has been labelled.
Mark with an arrow and label three other features of the river and its valley in its upper course.
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11. (a) (ii) Explain the formation of a waterfall.
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(b) Study Figure 10, below, which shows flooding in Carlisle, a city in northern England, in January 2005.
(b) (i) With the help of Figure 10, suggest why
Carlisle flooded in January 2005.
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