Rivers MS Sample 2016 Paper 1 Qn 4(a)

4 (a)
(i) Stort/Ash/Rib/Beane [1]

(ii) ideas such as:
more tributaries have joined;
further distance downstream/X is nearer to mouth;
more water will have been added by run off;
more concrete surfaces around X so more runoff; etc.
 NB no need for comparative statements.

 2 @ 1 mark [2]

(iii) Answer needs to be comparative or two discrete accounts. ideas such as:
wider at X; less V shaped at X;
more likely to have flood plain/flat land next to river at X;
steeper sides at Y; etc. narrow at Y; more V shaped at Y; 3

@ 1 mark [3]

(iv) Problems such as:
flooding of roads;
flooding of farmland/damage to crops/death of farm livestock;
damage to houses/property/evacuation of residents;
damage to/flooding of businesses;
river may be polluted;
need to build bridges for transport/difficult to travel;
drowning/deaths;

Benefits such as:
water supply;
fishing;
irrigation/water for livestock;
recreational value;
sewage/waste disposal;
HEP;
transport; etc.
 Max 2 on each of problems/benefits

 2 + 2 @ 1 mark [4]