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This document contains a series of questions about river landscapes and hydrology based on figures provided. It asks the examinee to interpret maps and photographs of the River Severn and its valley in the UK. Questions include identifying features on a map, describing river meander patterns seen in a photograph, and explaining how river meanders may change over time. The final question asks whether differences in flood hydrograph shapes are caused by human and physical factors, and to explain the answer using the provided hydrograph figure and own understanding.

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Do Not Write Outside The Box: IB/G/Jun18/8035/1

This document contains a series of questions about river landscapes and hydrology based on figures provided. It asks the examinee to interpret maps and photographs of the River Severn and its valley in the UK. Questions include identifying features on a map, describing river meander patterns seen in a photograph, and explaining how river meanders may change over time. The final question asks whether differences in flood hydrograph shapes are caused by human and physical factors, and to explain the answer using the provided hydrograph figure and own understanding.

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Question 4 River landscapes in the UK box

Study Figure 12 on the insert, a 1:50 000 Ordnance Survey map of the River Severn in
Shropshire.

0 4 . 1 Using Figure 12, give the four-figure grid reference for a river floodplain.

Shade one circle only.

A 6407

B 6304

C 6205

D 6005
[1 mark]

0 4 . 2 Using Figure 12, which of the following statements best describes the features of grid
square 6205?

Shade one circle only.

A A steeply sloping wooded area rising to over 250 metres in the


north.
B A gently sloping river valley with a small tributary entering from the
north.
C A south facing slope with a stream and small tributary flowing
through woodland.
D A wide flat river valley with a steeper slope in the north, rising from
50 to 80 metres.
[1 mark]

0 4 . 3 Suggest one way the upper course of the River Severn may be different from that
shown in Figure 12.
[1 mark]

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Study Figure 13, a photograph of the River Severn and its valley. The photographer box
was looking north east.

Figure 13

0 4 . 4 Using Figures 12 and 13, what is the height of the land (in metres) at the point marked
X on Figure 13?
[1 mark]

0 4 . 5 Describe one feature of the meander at Y on Figure 13.


[1 mark]

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0 4 . 6 Explain how river meanders may change over time. box
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Study Figure 14, flood hydrographs for two different streams after the same storm. box

Figure 14

0 4 . 7 ‘Differences in the shape of flood hydrographs are caused by both human and
physical factors.’

Do you agree?

Use Figure 14 and your own understanding to explain your answer.


[6 marks]

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