the government body in England responsible for protecting and improving the environment; it manages issues like flooding, pollution and climate change

a GIS (geographic information system) is a computer system that captures, analyses and displays geographic data to help understand spatial patterns

to break information down into parts, find patterns, relationships or trends, and explain why they are important

British English CC

GIS: Analysing flood risk

Geography

This unit teaches pupils about how river processes shape the land and affect our lives. Pupils will use fieldwork to investigate downstream changes in rivers and use GIS to analyse flood risk across geographical space. Pupils will also evaluate different methods of flood management.

Rivers: How do rivers shape the land?

Depiction or discussion of famine, disease, natural disasters.

Depiction or discussion of violence or suffering

Capture, analyse, and display geographic data

Managing flooding, pollution, and environmental issues

What is the Environment Agency responsible for?

It overlays different data sets to spot risk areas

Why is GIS useful for analysing flood risk?

In low-lying or urban areas far from rivers too

Which factor increases flood risk by reducing how much rainwater can soak into the ground?

Damage to homes and displacement of people

It reduces interception of rainfall, increasing surface runoff

How can deforestation contribute to flooding?

Which river process transports material by bouncing rocks along the riverbed?

What is the hydrological cycle also called?

What happens to the river channel as it moves downstream?

Content guidance

Depiction or discussion of violence or suffering

Adult supervision required

Starter Quiz