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What is the area normally covered by water when a river overflows its banks?
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The area that is normally covered by water when a river overflows its banks is called the floodplain. This area is the first part of the land to be flooded.
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The part of a river's valley that is underwater when the river overflows its banks is called the?
Flood Plains
What is the the area that is covered with sediment when a river repeatedly overflows its banks?
It's called the floodplain and is extremely fertile. It can usually be easily recognized as it's very flat.
What is it called when a river overflows its banks?
It is called flooding der what is the real term
Where is a floodplain formed?
A floodplain is the land that is covered by water when a river overflows it's banks. When this happens, silt and clay are deposited over time and the land on either side of the river flattens out. Any depressions in the land will hold water when the river level returns to normal after flooding and therefore more clay and silt will be deposited there filling it up.
What are flood plains?
A flood plain is a flat land bordering a river made up of alluvium (clay, sand and silt) deposited during floods. When a river overflows, the floodplain is covered with water. Hope this helps :)
What area is normally covered in water when a river overflows its bank?
swamps
The part of a river's that is underwater when the river overflows its banks is called?
The part of a river that is underwater when the river overflows its banks is called the flood plain.
The part of a river's valley that is underwater when the river overflows its banks is called the?
Flood Plains
What is the the area that is covered with sediment when a river repeatedly overflows its banks?
It's called the floodplain and is extremely fertile. It can usually be easily recognized as it's very flat.
When the river overflows it's banks it deposits material called?
Silt
What is it called when a river overflows its banks?
It is called flooding der what is the real term
A condition that develops when water overflows natural or artificial river banks?
flooding
Elevated ridges along the flood plain are known as when a river overflows its banks?
levees
Where banks are normally located?
Sides of a River?
When a river overflows its banks it deposits sediment over a broad flat area of land on both sides of the river what is this broad flat called?
Floodplain
When a river overflows its banks it deposits sediment over a broad flat area of land on both sides of the river. This broad flat area is called a?
Floodplain
When a river overflows its banks. it deposits sediments over a broad flat area of land on both sides of the river this broad flat area is called?
Floodplain
