River erosion processes

With the Environmental Interactions NAB behind us, we now have to focus on completing the Hydrosphere unit before the end of term. As we move into examining fluvial landforms, you might like to revise the work we did earlier in the week on river erosion processes. You should be able to look at the following images and describe and explain the variety of erosion processes which have produced the landforms shown.

The first is a small stream on Ben Lawers in Perthshire.

The second shows exposed river bed at a time when the river (top left) was low. It is flowing over Carboniferous Limestone in the Yorkshire Dales.

The third shows High Force waterfall on the River Tees.

You might like to consider copying the images (right click the image and 'copy') then pasting them into a Word document onto which you can add annotations. File beside your river erosion notes in your folder!

On a slightly different tack and for those of you who find the concept of pools and riffles hard to imagine....