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Option A: Freshwater

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Option A: Freshwater

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20N.1.bp.2b:
Examine the ways in which different physical factors can affect the characteristics of hydrographs.
20N.1.bp.2a:
Examine the role of local communities in the management of water resources.
20N.1.bp.1b:
Outline one environmental problem caused by eutrophication.
20N.1.bp.1a:
Identify two changes between 2003 and 2011 along the southern shore of the lake between Sandusky and Cleveland.
20N.1.bp.1c:
Explain one human reason and one physical reason why some areas of a freshwater lake such as this experience high levels of eutrophication.
21M.1.bp.1a.i:
Identify which country has the most waterfalls between 780m and 860m in height.
21M.1.bp.1a.ii:
State the mode for height from the table.
21M.1.bp.1b:
Outline the main features of one landform, other than a waterfall, created by river erosion.
21M.1.bp.1c:
Explain two reasons why rates of erosion could vary at different waterfalls, such as those shown in the table.
21M.1.bp.2a:
Examine how human and physical factors can contribute to a low risk of river flooding.
21M.1.bp.2b:
Examine why it can be difficult to achieve stakeholder agreement over how best to manage one or more water resources.
21N.1.bp.1a.ii:
Estimate the percentage of the satellite image that is covered by dense vegetation.
21N.1.bp.1a.i: State the direction from point A to point B.
21N.1.bp.1b:
Outline the relationship between river discharge and hydraulic radius.
21N.1.bp.1c:
Suggest two landform changes that could be caused by river processes in an environment such as this.
21N.1.bp.2b:
Examine why some communities and environments may benefit more than others from the building of large dams.
21N.1.bp.2a:
Examine the management challenges that internationally shared water resources can create.
22M.1.bp.1a.i:
State the number of countries where more than 60 % of rural households rely on water from outside the home.
22M.1.bp.1c:
Explain two ways in which water can be managed to provide a more sustainable future for local communities in countries such as these.
22M.1.bp.1a.ii: Identify the country where men and women have equal responsibility for collecting water from...
22M.1.bp.1b:
Outline one environmental impact of increased human pressure on aquifers.
22M.1.bp.2b:
Examine how conflicts between different stakeholders in the management of wetlands might be resolved.
22M.1.bp.2a:
Examine why geographers use a systems approach in the study of drainage basins.
19M.1.bp.1a:
Estimate the highest discharge of the river during the 1950s.
19M.1.bp.2b:
Examine the relative importance of erosion and deposition in the formation of floodplains and meanders.
19M.1.bp.2a:
Examine the costs and benefits, for different stakeholders, of one recent integrated drainage basin management (IDBM) plan.
19M.1.bp.1b:
State the number of times that river discharge reached 4 m³/s (cubic metres per second) during the 1990s.
19M.1.bp.1c:
Outline two possible land use changes that could account for the increase in river discharge over time shown in the diagram.
19M.1.bp.1d.i:
Explain how different channel modifications in a small drainage basin such as this can increase flood risk.
19M.1.bp.1d.ii:
Explain how different channel modifications in a small drainage basin such as this can assist with flood mitigation.
19N.1.bp.1a.i:
Estimate the percentage of rainfall shown as surface storage at the start of the rainfall event.
19N.1.bp.2b:
Examine the relative severity of the different effects of agriculture on freshwater quality.
19N.1.bp.1a.ii:
Estimate the number of hours during which overland flow is present in the drainage basin.
19N.1.bp.2a:
Evaluate the strategies used to manage the growing pressures on one named major wetland.
19N.1.bp.1b:
Outline one reason why interception decreases over time during the rainfall event shown in the diagram.
19N.1.bp.1c:
Explain three possible ways in which urban development might change how rainwater moves through a drainage basin such as this.

Sub sections and their related questions

A.1. Drainage basin hydrology and geomorphology

19M.1.bp.1a:
Estimate the highest discharge of the river during the 1950s.
19M.1.bp.1b:
State the number of times that river discharge reached 4 m³/s (cubic metres per second) during the 1990s.
19M.1.bp.2b:
Examine the relative importance of erosion and deposition in the formation of floodplains and meanders.
19N.1.bp.1a.i:
Estimate the percentage of rainfall shown as surface storage at the start of the rainfall event.
19N.1.bp.1a.ii:
Estimate the number of hours during which overland flow is present in the drainage basin.
19N.1.bp.1b:
Outline one reason why interception decreases over time during the rainfall event shown in the diagram.
21M.1.bp.1a.i:
Identify which country has the most waterfalls between 780m and 860m in height.
21M.1.bp.1a.ii:
State the mode for height from the table.
21M.1.bp.1b:
Outline the main features of one landform, other than a waterfall, created by river erosion.
21M.1.bp.1c:
Explain two reasons why rates of erosion could vary at different waterfalls, such as those shown in the table.
21N.1.bp.1a.i: State the direction from point A to point B.
21N.1.bp.1a.ii:
Estimate the percentage of the satellite image that is covered by dense vegetation.
21N.1.bp.1b:
Outline the relationship between river discharge and hydraulic radius.
21N.1.bp.1c:
Suggest two landform changes that could be caused by river processes in an environment such as this.
22M.1.bp.2a:
Examine why geographers use a systems approach in the study of drainage basins.

A.2. Flooding and flood mitigation

A.3. Water scarcity and water quality

A.4. Water management futures