Unit 3: Rivers and coasts - Hydrological characteriestics and processes which operate within rivers and drainage basins

Characteristics of rivers

River cross section

Source: http://water.usgs.gov/edu/streamflow2.html

The drainage basin

Source: http://www.sln.org.uk/geography/schools/blythebridge/GCSERevisionRiversDB.htm

Drainage basin processes

Source: http://www.i-study.co.uk/Rivers.html