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title: Rivers shaping the land — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · Geography
description: The 15 test and exam questions of lesson 53 «Rivers shaping the land» of the geography course of Mova's primary school, each with its options, Mova's choice and the right answer, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# Rivers shaping the land

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The 15 questions of lesson 53 «Rivers shaping the land» of the geography course of Mova's primary school with their options, 79 sentences, every one parsed by Mova with its syntax tree and pragmatics. How the student did on them: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/geography/53-rivers-shaping-the-land/).

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- [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/53-rivers-shaping-the-land/t1/) — Why does a river cut a V-shaped valley up in the hills but wind in loops near the sea? — right ✓ · ★
- [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/53-rivers-shaping-the-land/t2/) — "rivers start at the sea and flow up into the mountains" — Jack's little brother. What is right? — right ✓ · ★
- [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/53-rivers-shaping-the-land/t3/) — A geologist finds a curved, horseshoe-shaped lake beside a winding river. What is it most likely? — right ✓ · ★
- [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/53-rivers-shaping-the-land/t4/) — Hard rock sits on soft rock where a river drops. What will happen to the waterfall over time? — right ✓ · ★
- [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/53-rivers-shaping-the-land/t5/) — What would happen to a delta if the sea's waves and currents became much stronger? — right ✓ · ★
- [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/53-rivers-shaping-the-land/t6/) — mate: "why'd ancient farmers live right next to rivers, they'd just get flooded, thick or what" — what's the best reason? — right ✓ · ★
- [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/53-rivers-shaping-the-land/t7/) — In a cartoon, a river carves a canyon a mile deep in one afternoon. What is wrong? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/53-rivers-shaping-the-land/t8/) — Why does a river flowing into a calm sea build a delta while one flowing into a stormy sea may not? — right ✓ · ★
- [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/53-rivers-shaping-the-land/t9/) — Why are big river floods so deadly? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/53-rivers-shaping-the-land/t10/) — Which word fits: the Thames meets the tide in a wide mouth where London's port grew. — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/53-rivers-shaping-the-land/t11/) — Which order goes from source to mouth? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/53-rivers-shaping-the-land/e1/) — Identify the principal reason for which a waterfall forms in the course of a river. — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/53-rivers-shaping-the-land/e2/) — Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the formation of an oxbow lake? — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/53-rivers-shaping-the-land/e3/) — Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning flood plains. — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/53-rivers-shaping-the-land/e4/) — Ascertain the conditions under which a delta is formed at the mouth of a river. — wrong ✗ · exam

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