River Tees case study

• Erosional landforms


  • Interlocking spurs
  • Waterfalls
  • Gorges
• Meanders and oxbow lakes


  • Use erosional and depositional processes in their creation
• Examples of erosional and depositional landforms

  • River Tees
• Source


  The place where a river starts in its upper course
• Mouth


  The place where a river meets the sea
• Upper course


  • Hard impermeable rocks
  • Vertical erosion has formed a V-shaped valley
• Waterfall in upper course


  • High Force, the UK's largest waterfall by volume when in full flow
• Whin Sill (or Whinstone)


  • Hard rock located above a layer of soft rocks (sandstone and shale) creating High Force waterfall
• Middle course


  • Lateral erosion has formed meanders
• Meanders in middle course


  • Near Barnard Castle
• Lower course


  • Larger meanders
  • Oxbow lakes have formed
  • Levees have formed from flooding
• Estuary


  The open mouth of the river where it meets the sea
• River Tees estuary


  • Mudflats and sandbanks which support wildlife, including Seal Sands protected area