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O-LevelGeographyThe natural environmentOct/Nov 2010Paper 2 Q730 Marks

Some students were studying how the characteristics of a river change downstream. They decided to focus their fieldwork investigation on a local river to see if it had some characteristics of a text book example. These characteristics are shown in Fig. 8 (Insert). The students agreed to investigate two hypotheses: Hypothesis 1: The width, depth and cross-sectional area of the river increase downstream. Hypothesis 2: Velocity is greater where the river is deeper.

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About This O-Level Geography Question

This structured question appeared in the Cambridge O-Level Geography (2217) Oct/Nov 2010 examination, Paper 2 Variant 2. It tests the topic of The natural environment and is worth 30 marks.

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