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Drawing geographical diagrams

Your GCSE geography exam may ask you questions which lend themselves to drawing a diagram as part of your answer. This article will show how you can use well-annotated diagrams to improve your answer.

The meandering River Cuckmere, East Sussex

You have probably seen your geography teacher draw diagrams to help explain geographical processes and ideas in lessons. This is because geography lends itself to diagrams to illustrate and explain how landscapes and landforms change over time. This is particularly true in physical geography topics such as coasts, rivers and glaciers. Diagrams can also be used to show a sequence of processes, for example in the formation of an oxbow lake, a spit, or a waterfall.

There are certain exam questions which can be answered effectively with the use of an annotated diagram. Some examples are:

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