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River Exe
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1The River Exe is a stretch of [blank_start]82[blank_end].[blank_start]7[blank_end]km long.
- A82
- B7
2The source of the River Exe starts from the [blank_start]Hills[blank_end] of [blank_start]Exmoor[blank_end] which travels down to T[blank_start]iverton[blank_end], E[blank_start]xeter[blank_end] all the way to the sea of [blank_start]Exmouth[blank_end] which is located in the the [blank_start]south[blank_end] coast of [blank_start]Devon[blank_end].
- AHills
- BExmoor
- Civerton
- Dxeter
- EExmouth
- Fsouth
- GDevon
3It has a lot of tributaries which contributes to its high [blank_start]drainage[blank_end] [blank_start]density[blank_end]
- Adrainage
- Bdensity
4Precipitation ([blank_start]1295[blank_end]mm) = Evaporation ± changes in storage ([blank_start]451[blank_end]mm) + streamflow ([blank_start]844[blank_end]mm)
- A1295
- B451
- C844
5It has high levels of [blank_start]rainfall[blank_end] but most of the rainfall - [blank_start]65[blank_end]% of the water balance is [blank_start]runoff[blank_end]
- Arunoff
- Brainfall
- C65
6Physical characteristics include: a total area of [blank_start]601[blank_end] square km, the highest last is about [blank_start]514[blank_end]m high which is in the [blank_start]north[blank_end] and the flattest land it located in the [blank_start]south[blank_end] with an elevation of [blank_start]26[blank_end]m
- A601
- Bnorth
- Csouth
- D26
- E514
7Geology characteristics include: [blank_start]84[blank_end]% of the rocks are [blank_start]impermeable[blank_end] such as the [blank_start]Devonian[blank_end] [blank_start]sandstones[blank_end] which contributes to its drainage network.
- A84
- Bimpermeable
- CDevonian
- Dsandstones
8Landuse Characteristics: [blank_start]67[blank_end]% of the land is for agriculture, 15% of the land is [blank_start]woodlands[blank_end] and [blank_start]3[blank_end]% of the land are moors and peatbogs which is located in the high grounds of Exmoor.
- A67
- Bwoodlands
- C3
9The [blank_start]Wimbleball[blank_end] [blank_start]reservoir[blank_end] was created in 1979 on the [blank_start]River[blank_end] [blank_start]Haddeo[blank_end] - which is a tributary that has been dammed. The reservoir has a total surface area of [blank_start]150[blank_end] hectares
- A150
- BWimbleball
- Creservoir
- DRiver
- EHaddeo
10Resotring the Peatland meant that they has to block the drainage ditches with [blank_start]peat[blank_end] [blank_start]blocks[blank_end] to increase water [blank_start]supply[blank_end]
- Apeat
- Bblocks
- Csupply
11The water can now be supplied to E[blank_start]xeter[blank_end] and D[blank_start]evon[blank_end]
It can also prevent f[blank_start]looding[blank_end] and d[blank_start]roughts[blank_end].- Axeter
- Bevon
- Clooding
- Droughts
12The Exmoor Mires Project had an aim to restore [blank_start]2000[blank_end] hectares of land. This can increase water s[blank_start]torage[blank_end] as well as water q[blank_start]uality[blank_end] , it can also increase carbon [blank_start]storage[blank_end]. It provides a good [blank_start]educational[blank_end] landform where it is very [blank_start]biodiverse[blank_end].
In 2015, [blank_start]1000[blank_end] hectares was restored with 100km blocked. This allowed the water table to rise by [blank_start]2.65[blank_end]cm which reduced drainage by [blank_start]2[blank_end]/[blank_start]3[blank_end]- A2000
- Beducational
- Cbiodiverse
- D1000
- E2.65
- Ftorage
- Guality
- Hstorage
- I2
- J3
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- A level Geography (Water and Carbon Cylce) Quiz on River Exe, created by Yvonne Liu on 01/03/2021.
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