Unit 2: Chapter 4 - River Landscapes

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Friday, 15 March 2013

River Flood Management

Use the slides below to ensure you know about different types of hard and soft engineering methods for protection and prevention against river floods.
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Labels: afforestation, channelisation, embankments, flood management, flood relief channels, flood warning system, hard engineering, land use zoning, levees, soft engineering, washlands

Thursday, 7 February 2013

Formation of River Landscapes

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Labels: deposition, erosion, flood plains, interlocking spurs, levees, meanders, ox-bow lakes, river cliff, slip-off slope, soil creep, waterfalls
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