river severn

• how does human activity/management affect the upper course?

  forestry - trees

  dams and reservoirs - flooded valleys
• how does human activity/management affect the middle course?

  Worcester

  arable farming

  removed woodland to grow crops

  large fields
• how does human activity/management affect the lower course?


  imports/exports

  petro chemical factory

  paper mill
• what landforms and features are there in the upper course?


  source of the river

  v-shaped valleys

  waterfall and gorges
• what landforms and features are there in the middle course?

  wide valleys

  ox-bow lakes

  wider, deeper,faster
• what landforms and features are there in the lower course?

  mouth - estuary

  2km wide

  Bristol Channel
• what geomorphic process happens in the upper course?

  erosion - hydraulic action

  freeze thaw

  v-shaped valleys

  waterfalls
• what geomorphic process happens in the middle course?

  erosion

  transportation

  deposition - floodplain
• what geomorphic process happens in the lower course?

  deposition
• how are these geomorphic processes influenced by geology and climate?

  2500mm of rainfall

  plynlimon hills - hydraulic action

  v-shaped valleys erode vertically

  waterfalls
• case specific information

  plynlimon hills

  2500mm

  740m above sea level

  River severn breaks it's neck

  Worcester

  60,000 litres

  2km wide at Bristol Channel