Question

Your class is planning to carry out a field study of a river in its old stage.

1. State three reasons why it would be necessary to pre-visit the area of study. 
2. State the three activities you would carry out to determine why deposition occurs at this stage.

Answer 1

1.    
   • Help to asses the suitability of study area.
   • Help to draw up objective/ hypothesis for the study
   • It help to prepare route map
   • It help to design a working schedule
   • It help to estimate the cost of field study.
   • Help to identify suitable data collection meeting
   • Appropriate equipment to be used during the field study.
2.    
   • Measuring out the nature of the load.
   • Finding out the amount of the load
   • Establishing the velocity of the river
   • Observing obstacles in the stream channel
   • Measuring of the width, depth of the river.