Rivers

• Describe the upper course

  Steep

  
• Describe the middle course

  Gentle

  
• Describe the lower course

  Flat

  
• In the upper course the valley is

  V-shaped

  
• What is the cross profile for the middle course

  It is wider and less steep

  
• What is the shape of the valley in the lower course?

  Wide and flat

  
• What erosion is more common in the upper course

  Vertical erosion

  
• Vertical erosion erodes

  Downwards

  
• In the lower course, what is dominant

  Lateral erosion

  
• Lateral erosion goes

  Sideways

  
• What landforms are in the upper course

  Waterfalls and gorges

  
• What landforms are in the middle course?

  Meanders and oxbow lake

  
• What landforms do we find in the lower course?

  Levees and floodpain

  
• What is the load?

  Material carried by the river