River Processes & Landforms (Edexcel IGCSE Geography): Exam Questions

Exam code: 4GE1

55 mins18 questions
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Which one of the following is the most important process in the river’s upper course? 

  • deposition

  • headward erosion

  • lateral erosion

  • vertical erosion

2a
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Identify the statement below that best describes the channel in the lower course of a river.

  • small and fast river channel

  • wide and deep river channel

  • narrow and fast river channel

  • small and narrow river channel

2b
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Identify  one process of river erosion.

  • levees

  • abrasion

  • overland flow

  • discharge

3a
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Identify the statement below that best describes the channel shape in the upper course of a river.

  • narrow river channel with shallow sides

  • narrow river channel with steep sides 

  • wider river channel with shallow sides

  • widest river channel with very shallow sides

3b
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Identify one process of river transportation.

  • suspension

  • abrasion

  • attrition

  • deposition

4a
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State one process of river transportation.

4b
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Study Figure 1b below.

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Identify the river landform.

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Study Figure 1b below.

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Identify the river landform at X.

6a1 mark

State one physical factor that influences the rate of erosion in a river

6b2 marks

Explain how the process of hydraulic action erodes the river channel

71 mark

Study Figure 1b shown below

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Identify the landform labelled X

8a1 mark

Identify one landform usually found in the upper course of a river

  • Delta

  • Estuary

  • Oxbow lake

  • Interlocking spurs

8b1 mark

Identify the characteristic usually found in the upper course of a river

  • Frequent meanders

  • Ox bow lakes

  • Steep valley sides

  • Flat wide floodplains

9a2 marks

Explain how a river channel is eroded by solution (corrosion)

9b2 marks

Explain one weathering process in a river valley

101 mark

Study Figure 1b below

Identify the type of mass movement

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River environments

Study Figure 1 which shows the upper course of a river

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Figure 1

Identify three features of the upper course of this river. 

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(i) What is meant by the term mass movement?

(2)

(ii) Outline two factors which affect mass movement.

(4)

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Explain the formation of a river meander.

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Explain the formation of an oxbow lake.

5a3 marks

Study Figure 1, which shows a waterfall

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Figure 1 - Waterfall

Identify three features of the waterfall

5b4 marks

Explain the formation of a waterfall 

64 marks

Explain the formation of a levee

74 marks

Explain how erosion can form waterfalls

84 marks

Explain the formation of interlocking spurs