GeographyYears 10–11Physical Geography

Physical landscapes

Explain the formation and characteristics of coastal, river and glacial landscapes including erosion, transportation and deposition

What you'll learn

  1. 1

    Imagine you're on a road trip across the UK. The scenery changes from flat farmland to rolling hills, then steep mountains!

  2. 2

    What shapes the physical landscape?

  3. 3

    Here's a simple map showing three types of landscape: flat fields, rolling hills, and steep mountains with a river cutting through.

  4. 4

    Drag the labels to match these landscape features on the map: mountain, valley, river, hill.

  5. 5

    Let's look at one landscape feature — a river valley. How does it form?

  6. 6

    Which force MOSTLY creates a river valley?

  7. 7

    What is a physical landscape?

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