HCI Prelim_H2_GEO_P1_Insert

HWA CHONG INSTITUTION JC2 Preliminary Examinations Higher 2 CANDIDATE NAME CT GROUP CENTRE NUMBER INDEX NUMBER GEOGRAPHY Paper 1 Physical Geography INSERT 9730/01 31 August 2015 3 hours READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST This Insert contains all the figures referred to in the questions. _______________________________________________________________________ This document consists of 6 printed pages. [Turn over

Hwa Chong Institution 2015 9730 / 01 / JC2 Prelim 2015 [Turn over 2 Fig. 1A for Question 1 The 2010-2011 earthquakes in New Zealand Source : http://www.mch.govt.nz/perspectives/earthquakes/ Fatalities : none Fatalities : 185

Hwa Chong Institution 2015 9730 / 01 / JC2 Prelim 2015 [Turn over 3 Fig. 1B for Question 1 Plate boundary in New Zealand and location of Christchurch Fig. 1C for Question 1 Maps showing active faults and earthquake risk in New Zealand Source : http://www.mch.govt.nz/perspectives/earthquakes/

Hwa Chong Institution 2015 9730 / 01 / JC2 Prelim 2015 [Turn over 4 Fig. 2 for Question 2 Variations and temperature and insolation levels in one day Source : www.studyblue.com

Hwa Chong Institution 2015 9730 / 01 / JC2 Prelim 2015 [Turn over 5 Fig. 3A for Question 3 Relationship between channel slope and bankfull discharge Fig. 3B for Question 3 Relationship between sediment load and slope Source : www.ucpress.edu

Hwa Chong Institution 2015 9730 / 01 / JC2 Prelim 2015 [Turn over 6 Fig. 4 for Question 4 Heavily silted river in Sabah, East Malaysia Sabah river chokes on mudflow Workers clearing the silt after heavy mudflow into a water intake point in Sabah's Sungai Liwagu forced it to shut down. Heavy mudflows from Mount Kinabalu continue to torment villagers, two months after an earthquake that killed 18 people on 5 th June 2015. The mudflows, responsible for flash floods and mudslides, are also choking rivers in the Malaysian state.