River Action (Leaving Cert Geography): Flashcards
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Most common drainage pattern
Most common drainage pattern
Dendritic
What dendritic pattern looks like
What dendritic pattern looks like
Tree with branches
Angle tributaries join in dendritic pattern
Angle tributaries join in dendritic pattern
Acute angle
Direction rivers flow in radial pattern
Direction rivers flow in radial pattern
Out from higher ground in all directions
What radial pattern looks like
What radial pattern looks like
Spokes of a wheel
Appearance of deranged pattern
Appearance of deranged pattern
Chaotic, cutting across & doubling back
Where deranged pattern forms
Where deranged pattern forms
Lowland areas with glacial deposition
What causes deranged pattern
What causes deranged pattern
Glacial deposition interrupting river flow
Angle tributaries join in trellised pattern
Angle tributaries join in trellised pattern
Right angles
Irish landscape example for trellised pattern
Irish landscape example for trellised pattern
Ridge and valley (Munster)
Other landscape type for trellised pattern
Other landscape type for trellised pattern
Glaciated (U-shaped valleys)