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- 1. Multiple Choice
A floodplain can be found on...
High-lying, steep ground
Low-lying, steep ground
High-lying, flat ground
Low-lying, flat ground
- 2. Multiple Choice
A floodplain is an area that...
is covered in water when a river overflows it's banks.
is permanently covered in flood water.
is the river channel between it's banks.
is the watershed.
- 3. Multiple Choice
Alluvium spread by flood water is good for...
Building settlements
Tourism
Agriculture
Industry
- 4. Multiple Choice
The natural embankments caused by the deposition of large material next to the river channel are called...
Dams
Bankful widths
River Walls
Levees
- 5. Multiple Choice
Sediment is distributed across the floodplain...
Evenly
Heaviest material closest to the channel, lightest material further away.
Lightest material closest to the channel, heaviest material further away.
Randomly
- 6. Multiple Choice
River deltas are found...
at river mouths and estuaries.
on river floodplains.
next to meanders.
all of the above
- 7. Multiple Choice
For deltas to form, seas need to be...
deep, calm and windy.
shallow with large destructive waves.
deep and calm.
shallow, calm and sheltered.
- 8. Multiple Choice
Deltas are landforms of...
Erosion
Transportation
Deposition
All of the above.
- 9. Multiple Choice
Deltas are important for people because they promote...
Agriculture.
Trade and transport.
Fishing and tourism..
All of the options.
- 10. Multiple Choice
Which of the following key terms is NOT associated with the formation of a delta
Tributaries.
Flocculation.
Deposition.
Beds of sediment.
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