What is the term that describes using man-made structures to prevent or control natural processes from taking place?

Which of the following is NOT a function performed by a dam?

What is the opposite of deforestation?

What hard engineering process involves cutting through meanders to create a straight river?

What is a raised riverbank called?

What is a large concrete barrier built across a river to impede its flow called?

How many trees were planted around Kielder Dam, in Northumberland?

What does channel straightening do to the speed of the river?

What is the purpose of an embankment?

When a dam is built to impede the flow of a river, what is the large body of water that builds up behind the dam called?

How many litres of drinking water are held behind the Kielder Dam?

Which of the following is NOT hard engineering connected with rivers?

What is the name of an artificially made channel that is designed as a backup channel for a river that frequently floods?

At what angle does a flood relief channel run, in relation to the original river?

Which is the least reliable type of hard river engineering?

Which method of river hard engineering has the highest maintenance costs?

Which is the cheapest method of hard river engineering?

What is the name of the longest man-made flood relief channel in the UK (on the River Thames near Maidenhead)?

How long is the longest man-made flood relief channel in the UK (on the River Thames near Maidenhead)?