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Coasts (AQA Geography A Level) with complete solution

Coasts (AQA Geography A Level) with complete solution

This document provides key facts and explanations around key case studies that will be very helpful for exam revision and further in depth knowledge. These slides provide you with case studies from topics Tectonics, Coasts, Carbon and Water from the 2016 geography Edexcel course.

The document includes notes on pretty much everything you will need to know on the Coasts topic for CIE geography. Complete with both summary notes and facts, examples and statistics needed for the highest possible marks on essay questions.

An extremely in-depth set of revision notes on the A Level Edexcel Geography topic of Coastal Landscapes and change for Paper 1. I achieved an A* for A Level Geography in 2022 using these notes. They involve everything on the specification.

List some lowlands and rivers in the UK correct answers Tray, Clyde, Mersey, Thames, Severn, Wye List some uplands found in the UK correct answers Lake district, Snowdonia, Dartmoor, Pennines, Grampian mountains List some coastlines in the UK correct answers the Holderness forest, Dorset coast Define Landscape correct answers an extensive area of land regarded as being visually and physically distinct define relief correct answers shape of the land whether it is high or low define...

wave form correct answers Wind blowing over the sea. Friction with water surface causes ripples that develop into waves. The longer the fetch the more powerful the wave. fetch correct answers The distance the wind blows across the water swash correct answers The wave breaks onto the beach and moves up it backwash correct answers Water rolling back from the beach due to gravity prevailing wind correct answers A wind coming from the predominant direction constructive wave correct an...

Assess the effectiveness of hard engineering approaches to water management [12 marks] - P1 - Dams are one method of hard engineering, involving solid barriers which aim to restrict and regulate river water flow E1 - China's Three Gorges Dam is situated on Yangtze River and is designed to control flooding and improve river navigation E1 - arguably controversial due to relocation etc, dams are used globally and are proven effective. P2 - water transfer projects are another approach to wate...

Ocean 100 Final – SDSU Latest Version Already Graded A Euphotic zone first 200 meters -where photosynthesis can take place -suns radiation can be absorbed Seed Plants -true plants -not very abundant -grasses, eelgrass and surfgrass -mangroves -like warm, muddy waters -have a root system Protists a) large algae(seaweed) -brown algae(kelp), green (sponge weed), red (rhodophyta) b) phytoplankton(small algae) -most producers -diatoms -coccolithophores -dinoflagellates ...

Fetch - ANSWER-Distance over which the wind blew. Wave break ratio - ANSWER-The ratio of the wave height to the wave length cannot be more than 1:7 as this is when a wave breaks. Swash - ANSWER-When a wave breaks, water is washed up the beach and can deposit sediment. Backwash - ANSWER-Water runs back down the beach and is capable of removing sediment from a beach. Constructive Waves - ANSWER-Add sediment to the shallow gradient beach and have high swash and low backwash. Longer waveleng...