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How is an Ox-Bow Lake formed?

In the lower course of the river, meanders (bends in the river) form when water is moving faster on one side of the channel than the other. Erosion takes place on the outsides of the bends, as the greater...

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Answered by Rachel C. Geography tutor
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Explain why people continue to live close to active volcanoes. Use examples in your answer. (5 marks)

People continue to live close to active volcanoes for many reasons. For example, people still live close to Mount Vesuvius in Italy because of the fertile soil that is found on the slopes of the volcano. ...

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Describe the primary and secondary effects of an earthquake. (4 marks)

Primary effects of an eartquake can include the ground shaking, buildings collapsing, and the ground splitting. Secondary effects may include subsidance, tsunamis, fires, contamination of water supplies, ...

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Answered by Clare B. Geography tutor
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What is urbanisation?

Before we look urbanisation, we have to define what we mean by urban and what we mean by rural. A rural area is an area of countryside, so for example a village or a hamlet. An urban area is a built up ar...

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Describe the main forms of river erosion.

Erosion is the wearing away of the bank of the river as well as the bedload it transports. There are four main forms of river erosion. Firstly, Hydraulic action is where the force of the ...

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Answered by Lizzie F. Geography tutor
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