Title: Water, Landforms and People
1Water, Landforms and People
2Pick any nine of these words and write them in
your grid.
- Deposition
Flood - Discharge
Hydrograph - Abrasion
Hydrological cycle - Arch
Ground water - Aquifer
Levee - Coastal management
Meander - Erosion
Ox- bow lake - Evapotranspiration
Run off - Spit
- Transportation
- V- Shaped valley
3A type of Erosion
4A narrow accumulation of sand formed by longshore
drift.
5Movement of material by rivers and waves
6A narrow, steep sided valley formed by rapid
vertical erosion of a river
7Laying down of material that has been transported
8Protection of the coastline and wildlife and
improving the quality of life
9An area of land drained by the Tributaries and
the rivers.
10Wearing away of material carried by rivers and
waves
11A coastal feature formed when waves erode through
a small headland
12A rock that can store water
13Loss of moisture from water surfaces and soil of
vegetation
14A period of high river discharge when a river
overflows
15Water stored underground in a permeable rock
16A graph that shows changes in discharge over a
period of time
17Continuous recycling of water between sea, air
and land.
18An artificial embankment built to prevent flooding
19A bend in a river
20A crescent shaped lake formed after a river cuts
through the neck of a meander
21Surface water from rain or snow.