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For AQA GCSE Geography, you must complete at least one fieldwork investigation in a physical geography environment. Common topics include river studies, coastal investigations, weather measurement, and ecosystem surveys. This lesson provides detailed guidance on planning and conducting a physical geography fieldwork investigation, with a focus on the most popular choice — a river study.
Common physical fieldwork investigations include:
| Topic | Example Question |
|---|---|
| River channel changes | "How do channel characteristics change downstream?" |
| Coastal processes | "How does longshore drift affect beach profiles at different locations?" |
| Weather and microclimate | "How does temperature and wind speed vary across an urban-rural transect?" |
| Ecosystems | "How does vegetation cover change across a sand dune succession?" |
The most popular — and the one we will focus on in detail here — is the river channel study based on the Bradshaw model.
The Bradshaw model predicts how river characteristics change from source to mouth (upstream to downstream):
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