Yes. many towns are now built on flood plains , which, like Shrewsbury, makes them very liable to sever flooding.
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Becki.x
Shrewsbury is built upon a flood plain on a meander bend of the River Severn so the area is bound to get floods and water comes in at Shrewsbury in all direction (Shrewsbury is surrounding by the River Severn) the surface (concrete) which it is built upon is an impermeable surface so the water can not infiltrate it- increase and encouraging surface run off.
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it decided to rain and th river couldn't handle it and decided to flood
The flood plain. Delta
There are two examples of flood Plain which are as follows:Active Flood Plain.Old Flood Plain.
I live in a flood plain, along with many others.
Move out of the flood plain.
York is situated on a flood plain
a canyon, gorge or vale
Simply put: Because Centralia is built on a flood plain. A better question would be: Why did people build on a flood plain?
I think that the problems with farming on a flood plain, is that as flood plains tend to be situated in a valley, so when it rains, there is bound to be a flood were you have been farming.
The definition for a flood plain is, flat land near the edges of rivers made by floods.