Skip to content
Android waitlistTry on iPad

Some rivers are more prone to flood than others and there is a variety of river management options: Edexcel GCSE Geography B questions

Every Edexcel GCSE Geography B exam question on 4.8 Some rivers are more prone to flood than others and there is a variety of river management options, 2018–2025, with its mark scheme and examiner’s report.

Paper
All papers
Exam
All years
Calculations

721 questions

  1. Q3(c)

    June 2025 · Paper 2

    4 marks4.8 Some rivers are more prone to flood than others and there is a variety of river management options
    The whole paper ↗
    0 words

  2. Q4

    June 2025 · Paper 2

    8 marks4.8 Some rivers are more prone to flood than others and there is a variety of river management options4.7 River landscapes are influenced by human activity interacting with physical processes
    The whole paper ↗
    0 words

  3. Q3(a)(i)

    June 2023 · Paper 2

    1 mark4.8 Some rivers are more prone to flood than others and there is a variety of river management options
    The whole paper ↗
    0 words

  4. Q3(b)

    June 2023 · Paper 2

    4 marks4.8 Some rivers are more prone to flood than others and there is a variety of river management options
    The whole paper ↗
    0 words

  5. Q4

    June 2023 · Paper 2

    8 marks4.8 Some rivers are more prone to flood than others and there is a variety of river management options4.5 The interaction of human and physical processes present challenges along coastlines and there are a variety of management options
    The whole paper ↗
    0 words

  6. Q3(a)

    June 2022 · Paper 2

    1 mark4.8 Some rivers are more prone to flood than others and there is a variety of river management options
    The whole paper ↗
    0 words

  7. Q3(b)

    June 2022 · Paper 2

    2 marks4.8 Some rivers are more prone to flood than others and there is a variety of river management options
    The whole paper ↗
    0 words

  8. Q9(a)(iv)

    June 2022 · Paper 2

    4 marksInvestigating river processes and pressures4.8 Some rivers are more prone to flood than others and there is a variety of river management options
    The whole paper ↗
    0 words

  9. Q3(a)(ii)

    November 2021 · Paper 2

    2 marks4.8 Some rivers are more prone to flood than others and there is a variety of river management options
    The whole paper ↗
    0 words

  10. Q9(d)

    November 2021 · Paper 2

    4 marksInvestigating river processes and pressures4.8 Some rivers are more prone to flood than others and there is a variety of river management options
    The whole paper ↗
    0 words

  11. Q3(a)

    November 2020 · Paper 2

    1 mark4.8 Some rivers are more prone to flood than others and there is a variety of river management options
    The whole paper ↗
    0 words
All 11 questions on Some rivers are more prone to flood than others and there is a variety of river management options, as a list
  1. June 2025, Paper 2, Q3(c) (4 marks): Explain one cost and one benefit of managing flood risk using hard engineering. (4) 3 Study Figure 2 which shows the long profile of a river. upper course 400 3
  2. June 2025, Paper 2, Q4 (8 marks): Analyse Figure 3 which is a hydrograph showing the changes in the discharge of the River Severn in cumecs (m3/sec) at Bewdley in its lower course, over one year
  3. June 2023, Paper 2, Q3(a)(i) (1 mark): Identify which is the best evidence that this river is in flood. (1) A There are no houses visible B Some trees are partly under water C The river is flowing ve
  4. June 2023, Paper 2, Q3(b) (4 marks): Explain one cost and one benefit of using hard engineering to manage river flood risk. (4)
  5. June 2023, Paper 2, Q4 (8 marks): Analyse Figure 2a and Figure 2b which have information about major flood events in England and Wales between 1920 and 2019. Figure 2a shows the number of major
  6. June 2022, Paper 2, Q3(a) (1 mark): State one reason why planting trees can reduce the risk of river flooding. (1)
  7. June 2022, Paper 2, Q3(b) (2 marks): Explain one benefit of using hard engineering to manage flood risk. (2)
  8. June 2022, Paper 2, Q9(a)(iv) (4 marks): Suggest two reasons why the people interviewed did not agree about the benefits of spending money on flood defences. (4)
  9. November 2021, Paper 2, Q3(a)(ii) (2 marks): Explain one reason why Ellenthorpe Hall is less at risk from river flooding than point X on the map. (2)
  10. November 2021, Paper 2, Q9(d) (4 marks): Suggest two reasons why river flooding may not be a serious risk in this valley. (4) 9 A group of students decided to measure river channel characteristics at E
  11. November 2020, Paper 2, Q3(a) (1 mark): Identify which one of the following is the best description of the flood risk in this part of Reading. (1) A The north-east area of the map has many areas at ri

Questions, mark schemes and examiner’s reports are © Pearson Edexcel, from their published past papers. Plumi isn’t affiliated with any exam board. Want whole papers? Full past papers.

Rather write your answers by hand on iPad? Plumi marks them against the same mark schemes.