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Unit 1 (GEOG1) Core unit Rivers, floods and managements The drainage basin hydrological cycle: the water

er balance. Factors affecting river discharge: the storm hydrograph The long profile - changing processes: types of erosion, transportation and deposition, types of load; the Hjulstrom curve. Valley profiles - long profile and changing cross profile downstream, graded profile, potential and kinetic energy. Changing channel characteristics - cross profile, wetted perimeter, hydraulic radius, roughness, efficiency, and links to velocity and discharge. Landforms of fluvial erosion and deposition - potholes, rapids, waterfalls, gorges, meanders, braiding, levees, flood plains and deltas. Process and impact of rejuvenation - knick points, waterfalls, river terraces and incised meanders. Magnitude-frequency analysis of flood risk Physical and human causes of flooding two case studies of recent flooding events should be undertaken from contrasting areas of the world. Impact of flooding - two case studies of recent flooding events should be undertaken from contrasting areas of the world. Flood management strategies - to include hard engineering - dams, straightening, building up of levees, diversion spillways soft engineering - forecasts and warnings, land use management on floodplain, wetland and river bank conservation and river restoration.

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