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What is land that gets covered by water from a stream or river during a flood?
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A 'floodplain'.
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The land that gets covered by water from a stream or river during a flood?
The flood plain
Is flood plain the same as flood control?
no flood control would be stoping a flood a flood plainis land that is covered by water during a flood,formed from sediments depsited by a river
What are the causes of a river flood?
Very fast river stream with huge rains
Which part of a river would have a wide flood plain?
A floodplain, or flood plain, is flat or nearly flat land adjacent to a stream or river that experiences occasional or periodic flooding.
What is the level or Nearly level land that borders a river and is covered by river water in flood time called?
what is the level or nearly level land that borders a river and is covered by river water in flood time
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 is A area that is covered in a shallow layer of water during some or all of the year?
It could be marshland, or more probably a river's flood plain.
What is real flood?
Localised flooding is when heavy rain causes a stream to overflow in a dip in the road, making travel over the dip difficult or impossible. Therefore, a real flood is (I suspect) a large area of a river's flood plain to be covered in water making travel impossible over a wide area.
What is the difference between a river and a flood?
the difference between a river and a flood is that a river is a stream of water in a concentrated area that doesnt usually disturbe the peace. but on the other hand a flood is when rain comes in heavy quanities and the river lake pond or stream over flows with water and may cause damage. ect. does that answer your question In other words, rivers are permanent, floods are temporary.
What is the difference between flood plain and water table?
A "flood plain" is the total area on either side of a river that will be covered with water when the river reaches it's maximum crest during a flood. A "water table" is the area under the surface of the ground where the water reservoir (underground well or aquifer) begins.
During a flood a river drops the largest pieces of its sediment on the floodplain close to its normal channel but why?
When a stream floods, it deposits much of the sediment that it carries onto its floodplain
When the water level of a stream or river exceeds its natural banks it has reached its?
Flood stage.
