DP Geography Questionbank
Drainage basins and flooding
Description
[N/A]Directly related questions
- 18M.2.bp.1c: Examine how human activity influenced the severity of one named river flood event.
- 18M.2.bp.1a: Outline two ways in which sediment is transported by a river.
- 17N.2.sl.02a.iii: Outline why the rising limb on this hydrograph is steeper than the falling limb.
- 17N.2.sl.02a.ii: State how many hours the discharge was over 40 cumecs.
- 17N.2.sl.02a.i: State the lag time for the storm event shown on the hydrograph.
- 17M.2.bp.2b: Explain three factors that may produce a short time lag on a storm hydrograph.
- 17M.2.bp.1d: “The negative consequences of river flooding always outweigh the benefits.” Discuss this statement.
- 16N.2.bp.2c: “The drainage basin is an open system with inputs, outputs, transfers and stores.” Discuss how...
- 16N.2.bp.1a: (i) Describe the changes in flood frequency shown on the graph. (ii) Estimate how many more...
- 14N.2.hl.1d: Discuss the relative importance of the factors affecting the characteristics of hydrographs.
- 12N.2.bp.2c: With reference to a named river flood event, examine the relative importance of natural and human...
- 12N.2.bp.2b: Suggest reasons why the urban and forested hydrographs show different responses to the storm event.
- 12N.2.bp.2a: Describe four differences between the two hydrographs shown on the diagram.
- 12M.2.bp.2c: “People should not try to prevent rivers from flooding.” Discuss this statement.
- 12M.2.bp.2a: Describe the geographical characteristics of the Río Grande de Santiago downstream from La Presa.
- 11N.2.bp.2b: Explain how hydrographs are used to forecast floods.
- 11N.2.bp.2a: Draw a labelled diagram of a hydrograph.
- .2.bp.1d: Examine the influences of physical factors and human activity on a specific river flood.
- 13M.2.bp.1a: Identify possible human factors A and B and possible physical factors C and D.
- 13M.2.bp.1b: Explain how two physical factors other than precipitation can affect the magnitude of floods.
- 14N.2.hl.2b: Suggest three ways in which humans might modify the floodplain shown in the photograph to reduce...
- 14N.2.sl.1d: Discuss the relative importance of the factors affecting the characteristics of hydrographs.
- 14M.2.sl.1a: Briefly describe four possible impacts of the flood on different types of traffic movement in the...
- 14M.2.sl.1c: Examine the factors that affect the response of a stream hydrograph to a rainfall event.
- 14M.2.hl.2a: Define the terms drainage divide and wetlands.
- 14M.2.hl.1a: Briefly describe four possible impacts of the flood on different types of traffic movement in the...
- 14M.2.hl.1c: Examine the factors that affect the response of a stream hydrograph to a rainfall event.
- 14M.2.sl.2b: Explain how stream discharge is related to channel size and shape.
- 14M.2.sl.2a: Define the terms drainage divide and wetlands.
- 14M.2.hl.2b: Explain how stream discharge is related to channel size and shape.
- 13N.2.hl.2b: Draw a labelled diagram to show the main input, outputs, transfers and stores of the hydrological...
- 13N.2.hl.1a: Define the term stream discharge.
- 13N.2.sl.1a: Define the term stream discharge.
- 13N.2.sl.2b: Draw a labelled diagram to show the main input, outputs, transfers and stores of the hydrological...
- 15N.2.sl.1c: “Natural factors are always more important than human factors in causing a river flood.” Discuss...
- 15N.2.hl.1c: “Natural factors are always more important than human factors in causing a river flood.” Discuss...
- 15M.2.hl.2a: (i) Define the term stream discharge. (ii) State two river transport processes and outline how...
- 15M.2.sl.2a: (i) Define the term stream discharge. (ii) State two river transport processes and outline how...
- 15M.2.sl.2b: Explain how hydrographs can be used to forecast and manage flooding.
- 15M.2.sl.1c: Explain how a drainage basin functions as an open system.
- 15M.2.hl.1c: Explain how a drainage basin functions as an open system.
- 15M.2.hl.2b: Explain how hydrographs can be used to forecast and manage flooding.
Sub sections and their related questions
Drainage basins
- 12M.2.bp.2a: Describe the geographical characteristics of the Río Grande de Santiago downstream from La Presa.
- 13N.2.hl.2b: Draw a labelled diagram to show the main input, outputs, transfers and stores of the hydrological...
- 14M.2.hl.2a: Define the terms drainage divide and wetlands.
- 14M.2.sl.2a: Define the terms drainage divide and wetlands.
- 13N.2.sl.2b: Draw a labelled diagram to show the main input, outputs, transfers and stores of the hydrological...
- 15M.2.hl.1c: Explain how a drainage basin functions as an open system.
- 15M.2.sl.1c: Explain how a drainage basin functions as an open system.
- 16N.2.bp.2c: “The drainage basin is an open system with inputs, outputs, transfers and stores.” Discuss how...
- 18M.2.bp.1a: Outline two ways in which sediment is transported by a river.
Discharge
- 13N.2.hl.1a: Define the term stream discharge.
- 14M.2.hl.2b: Explain how stream discharge is related to channel size and shape.
- 14M.2.sl.2b: Explain how stream discharge is related to channel size and shape.
- 13N.2.sl.1a: Define the term stream discharge.
- 15M.2.hl.2a: (i) Define the term stream discharge. (ii) State two river transport processes and outline how...
- 15M.2.sl.2a: (i) Define the term stream discharge. (ii) State two river transport processes and outline how...
Hydrographs
- 11N.2.bp.2a: Draw a labelled diagram of a hydrograph.
- 11N.2.bp.2b: Explain how hydrographs are used to forecast floods.
- 12N.2.bp.2a: Describe four differences between the two hydrographs shown on the diagram.
- 12N.2.bp.2b: Suggest reasons why the urban and forested hydrographs show different responses to the storm event.
- 14M.2.hl.1c: Examine the factors that affect the response of a stream hydrograph to a rainfall event.
- 14M.2.sl.1c: Examine the factors that affect the response of a stream hydrograph to a rainfall event.
- 14N.2.hl.1d: Discuss the relative importance of the factors affecting the characteristics of hydrographs.
- 14N.2.sl.1d: Discuss the relative importance of the factors affecting the characteristics of hydrographs.
- 15M.2.hl.2b: Explain how hydrographs can be used to forecast and manage flooding.
- 15M.2.sl.2b: Explain how hydrographs can be used to forecast and manage flooding.
- 17M.2.bp.2b: Explain three factors that may produce a short time lag on a storm hydrograph.
- 17N.2.sl.02a.i: State the lag time for the storm event shown on the hydrograph.
- 17N.2.sl.02a.ii: State how many hours the discharge was over 40 cumecs.
- 17N.2.sl.02a.iii: Outline why the rising limb on this hydrograph is steeper than the falling limb.
Floods
- .2.bp.1d: Examine the influences of physical factors and human activity on a specific river flood.
- 12M.2.bp.2c: “People should not try to prevent rivers from flooding.” Discuss this statement.
- 12N.2.bp.2c: With reference to a named river flood event, examine the relative importance of natural and human...
- 13M.2.bp.1a: Identify possible human factors A and B and possible physical factors C and D.
- 13M.2.bp.1b: Explain how two physical factors other than precipitation can affect the magnitude of floods.
- 14M.2.hl.1a: Briefly describe four possible impacts of the flood on different types of traffic movement in the...
- 14M.2.sl.1a: Briefly describe four possible impacts of the flood on different types of traffic movement in the...
- 14N.2.hl.2b: Suggest three ways in which humans might modify the floodplain shown in the photograph to reduce...
- 15N.2.hl.1c: “Natural factors are always more important than human factors in causing a river flood.” Discuss...
- 15N.2.sl.1c: “Natural factors are always more important than human factors in causing a river flood.” Discuss...
- 16N.2.bp.1a: (i) Describe the changes in flood frequency shown on the graph. (ii) Estimate how many more...
- 17M.2.bp.1d: “The negative consequences of river flooding always outweigh the benefits.” Discuss this statement.
- 18M.2.bp.1c: Examine how human activity influenced the severity of one named river flood event.
