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i. List three features formed as a result of river erosion.
-V –shaped valley/canyons
-Pothole -Interlocking spurs
-Waterfall rapids
ii. State three methods that student may have used to record their data
-Taking photographs
-Note making
-Filling questionnaires.
-Making sketch diagrams.
iii. Significance of features resulting from human activities
-Food plains formed by finer deposition from fertile soil for agriculture.
-Raised river beds/deformed steams caused flooding which lead to loss of life and destruction of
properties.
-Ox-bow lakes e.t.c. attracts tourists.
-Sand deposits are extracted – provide sand for building.
gideon1 answered the question on September 29, 2017 at 17:54
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