In this Geography video, teachers are supported in delivering a foundational physical geography lesson on the features and courses of a river. The video introduces the three main stages of a river—upper, middle and lower course—and the landforms typically found at each stage.Teachers are guided through key vocabulary and descriptive language to help children identify features, such as the source, tributaries, V-shaped valleys, waterfalls, meanders, oxbow lakes, floodplains, deltas and estuaries. While Key stage 2 children are not required to understand the processes of erosion and deposition in detail, the video models clear explanations of where each feature is located along a river’s journey.

This video is part of Kapow Primary’s Geography rivers teacher video collection and lays essential groundwork for children as they explore river systems.