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Spatial Patterns |
You should be able to use your geographical knowledge and maps skills to interpret information from the map extract and aerial photograph. Some of the areas that you could be asked questions on may not be covered by the optional themes you have studied, therefore this webpage tries to give an overview with links to the GCSE / IGCSE Geography syllabus etc. |
| Physical Landscape |
| Recognize and describe landforms and landscapes resulting from the following processes: |
V Shaped Valley |
Cliffs |
U Shaped Valley |
Outcrops |
Cuesta |
Waterfall |
Beaches |
Cirque |
Dunes |
Hogback |
Rapid |
Sand Dunes |
Ribbon Lake |
Dry Lakebeds |
Fault Scarp |
Meanders |
Lagoons |
Hanging Valley |
Oases |
Shutter Ridge |
Floodplains |
Estuaries |
Arête |
Alluvial Fans |
Sag Pond |
Braided Channels |
Barrier Islands |
Horn |
Offset Stream Channel |
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Levees |
Bays and Headlands |
Moraines |
Horst |
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Deltas |
Arches and Stacks |
Graben |
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Wave Cut Platforms |
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Spits and Tombolos |
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Salt Marshes |
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1,000’s of low altitude oblique aerial photographs taken along the French coastline and the island of Corsica. |
| Human Landscape |
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