FLOODING: THE DRAINAGE BASIN OF THE RIVER SEVERN

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FLOODING THE DRAINAGE BASIN OF THE RIVER SEVERN
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Where is the Severn?
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Where is the Severn?
Source of River Severn
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River Severn Estuary
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Source
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Where is the Severn?
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Upper Course
V-shaped.
No flood plain.
Interlocking spurs.
Steep sided.
Fast flowing.
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Small river.
Lots of erosion.
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Middle Course
Sides less steep.
Tight meanders.
Small floodplain.
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Larger river.
Flowing slower.
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Wide river.
Wide meanders
Lower Course
Little erosion.
Large floodplain.
Slow flowing.
Flat sounding land.
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Deposition.
Levees.
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The end- estuary...
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Where is the Severn?
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Where is the Severn?
Case Study Area.
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Where is the Severn?
Case Study Area.
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Where is the Severn?
Shade the river drainage in blue.
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Where is the Severn?
Severn
Avon
Teme
Severn
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Where is the Severn?
Stratford-upon Avon
Worchester
Evesham
Tewkesbury
Cheltenham
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Where is the Severn?
Stratford-upon Avon
Worchester
Evesham
Tewkesbury
Severe flooding
Cheltenham
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