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Long profile and cross-profile: how a river changes downstream

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On a map, which stretch of a river has the steepest gradient?

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Follow a river from its source to its mouth. You will describe how its height, valley and channel change, and calculate how steeply it falls.

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Lesson outline

  1. Hook
  2. Do Now — Retrieval
  3. Keywords for This Lesson
  4. Teach — The long profile and three cross-profiles
  5. Teach — Height of the river along its length
  6. I Do
  7. Hinge Check
  8. We Do
  9. Task — Compare the upper, middle and lower course
  10. Task — How does the valley change from source to mouth?
  11. Self-Check
  12. Homework
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