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A river basin is an area of land drained by a river and its tributaries.

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Q: What is the area called where rivers flood land?
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What is a flooded land area called?

a flood


What is a rivers flat wide area of land along side of it?

It would be the flood plain or meander belt.


The land between the Tigris and Euphrates river?

This area has good farmland. Especially after a flood this area would have very rich soil.


What is the farming area of rich land along rivers in Mesopotamia?

The farming area of rich land along rivers in Mesopotamia is called the Fertile Crescent. It is located between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.


What is a river's flat wide area of land along the side of it?

It's called a 'flood plain'.


Which city is called land of five rivers?

There isn't a city called that. There is an area of land, called 'the land of five rivers', and that is the Punjab in India.


What is the land next to oceans or shores of lakes or rivers called?

River bank, flood plain, water meadow.


Why are they called flood plains?

A plain is basically a large, flat area and flood plains are the large flat areas to either sides of rivers. These areas, when it rains so much that the river bursts its banks, are covered in water: flooded.


What is an old flood plain?

The definition for a flood plain is, flat land near the edges of rivers made by floods.


Farming area of rich land along rivers?

The land along a river is called a river bank.


What are 5 ways to prevent a flood?

Controlled land use, widen rivers, deepen rivers, build a dam


What does flood plain of a river mean?

The narrow strip of land on both sides of the rivers is called cover flood plains