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When it rains, soil and debris from the surrounding land are eroded and washed into streams. From there, sediment particles from as small as clay to as large as boulders flow along with the water. Fast-moving water can pick up, suspend, and move larger particles more easily than slow-moving waters. This is why rivers are more muddy-looking during storms -- they are carrying a LOT more sediment than they carry during a low-flow period. In fact, so much sediment is carried during storms that well over one-half of all the sediment moved during a year might be transported during a single storm period. When the river floods it spreads out over the land and its motion slows down. This causes it to drop its sediments on the existing land and they are left behind when the floods recede.
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What is a plain bordering a river formed by river deposits?
A floodplain.
What is the low flat part of a river valley?
The low flat part of a river valley is called the floodplain. The floodplain is usually a very fertile are due to the river deposits.
What kind of river forms a floodplain?
its cool
What is the flatland bordering the banks of a river?
a floodplain
What is the flatland bordering the bank of a river called?
a floodplain
What will happen to homes and buisnesses located in a floodplain?
The buildings would flood because if the river floods then the floodplain, a floodplain is flat land that is next to a river, made up of alluvium (sand, silt, and clay). When the river overflows, the floodplain is often under water,will/ would flood too, so if the land floods, then, the buildings and businesses on that land will flood too.
What has the author Yao Yin written?
Yao Yin has written: 'Modifications to the upper Mississippi River and their effects on floodplain forests' -- subject(s): Floodplain forestry, Floodplain management
What is the flat land on either side of the river called that is near the sea and might flood?
it is a floodplain
What kind of river has a wide flat floodplain and many bends?
A mature river section.
Why is Thamesmead a wet area?
It was Built On the FloodPlain of the River Thames
What is a plain bordering a river and subject subject to flooding?
floodplain
What are networks of rills and creeks and streams flow into a river?
floodplain
