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Pupil Investigations WJEC guide to the Enquiry Process
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Key Idea 2.4 What are the hydrological processes associated with drainage basins?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Key Question is based on an understanding of the hydrological processes operating in the drainage basin.  

Key Idea 2.4 i - The Drainage Basin as a system  

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Key Idea 2.4 ii - The Water Balance  

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Key Idea 2.4 iii - River Regimes  

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Key Idea 2.4 iv - Storm Hydrograph  

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Key Idea 2.4 v - The Passage of Water through the Drainage Basin  

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Task
Past Question Jan 2008 Word Document
   
Past Question Jan 2010  
   
Taboo Taboo
     
     
Key Idea 2.5 What are the causes and consequences of flooding?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The heart of this Key Question lies in the acquisition of knowledge and understanding to compare the causes and consequences of flooding between and/or within drainage basins.
i) Types and Causes of Flooding  

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ii) Physical and Human Impacts of flooding  

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iii) Case Study Venezuela 1999  

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iDG causes   

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iDG effects
iv) Case Study Upton-on-Severn and Tewkesbury 2007  

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iDG causes   

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iDG effects
Extra Case Study - Boscastle  
   
Extra Case Study - Bangladesh  
   
Comparing Flood Events Task
     
 

 

Key Idea 2.6 How is the flood hazard perceived and managed within a drainage basin?

 

 

This Key Question considers perceptions of floods both positive and negative and considers strategies to manage flooding including their effectiveness.
i) Perceptions and awareness of the flood hazard by different groups  

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ii) Decision Making  Cost-Benefit Analysis  

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iii) Strategies to manage flood hazards  

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iv) Effectiveness of flood management schemes  
 

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Venezuela Task
     
     
     
     
 

 

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Group Investigation
Flood Management Strategies Case study of Bewdley on the River Severn using
www.geography.org.uk/resources/flooding/bewdley/
Effectiveness of Management Strategies
Bewdley movie  
Past Question Jan 2010  
TEST  
  Flood Plain investigation Virtual Fieldwork - Task
  Flood data 20 year records
  Using Excel to draw Flood Data Graphs Word : Guide to Excel
  Flood Plain investigation Location
  Flood Plain cross section Map and section
  Flood Plain Investigation Aerial Image
  Flood Plain investigation PowerPoint
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  River beach Image g.r. 337097
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  Powered Hanggliding (enlargement of image above)  
  Lynmouth 1952 Essay