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What is the flat land on either side of the river called that is near the sea and might flood?
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∙ 12y ago
it is a floodplain
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How might a flood on a river affect a delta?
How might a flood on a river affect a delta Answer:it might flood a delta by,raining and flooding up the place.It also can possibly overflow the river
What does flood plain of a river mean?
The narrow strip of land on both sides of the rivers is called cover flood plains
What is a river that deposits fertile soil on either side of its banks during a flood called?
The land formed by deposited soil at the mouth of a river is called a delta (named for the Greek letter, which is similarly triangular in shape).
When a river wanders out of its bed what is it called?
a flood!
Is the area drained by a river called a flood plain?
No, the area drained by a river is a river basin or drainage basin. The flood plain is in the lower valley reaches, where heavy rain can cause the river to flood, often bursting over flood defences, and for the water to flood over a large area.
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.
What is a large amount of water overflowing the sides of a river or a drain called?
A Flood.
Why are flood plains 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.
The part of a river's valley that is underwater when the river overflows its banks is called the?
Flood Plains
How does flood occur?
Allof the water that flows down a river comes from rain or melting snow.Sometimes after heavy rain or rapid snow melt,there might to much water for the river to hold.The river will then overflow its banks nad spread out across the land on either o fits channel.This is called a RIVER FLOOD.
The silt that a river leaves at its mouth forms a lowland called a?
It is a flood plain.
What is a river's flat wide area of land along the side of it?
It's called a 'flood plain'.
