River in the Upper Course

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River in the Upper Course

• What do you think a V-shaped valley is?
• What do you think forms a V-shaped valley?
• How do you think it is formed?

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What does a V-Shaped valley look like?
Can you mark the V-shaped valleys on these
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V-shaped Valley

• In the upper Course the river has lots of energy
  
• The river erodes downwards more then outwards

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How are V-shaped valleys formed ?
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1. Draw this sketch
2. Describe what is happening at each of the numbers
   

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A River in its upper course

Draw this diagram
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Use the words below to add labels to your diagram
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1. Try to annotate this picture

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Write an explanation that could be used for this
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