Cambridge IGCSE Geography
1.1The main hydrological characteristics and processes which operate in rivers and drainage basins
The main hydrological characteristics and processes which operate in rivers and drainage basins in Cambridge IGCSE Geography: what the syllabus expects you to know, the learning objectives and how to practise.
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Learning objectives
What the syllabus expects you to be able to do.
- 1.1.1Describe the characteristics of rivers and drainage basins: long profile, width, depth, velocity, discharge, wetted perimeter, channel, watershed, tributary, confluence, source and mouth.
- 1.1.2Use the Bradshaw model to describe how channel characteristics change downstream.
- 1.1.3Explain how a drainage basin operates within the water cycle.
- 1.1.4Describe the processes in a drainage basin, from precipitation and interception to throughflow, groundwater flow and evapotranspiration.
- 1.1.5Explain river erosion, transportation and deposition processes.
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Drainage basins, the water cycle and river regimes
40 min
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River processes: erosion, transportation and deposition
35 min
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