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What is the land called the board is a river and is covered by the river water in flood time?
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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
The land that gets covered by water from a stream or river during a flood?
The flood plain
What is the area normally covered by water when a river overflows its banks?
The area that is normally covered by water when a river overflows its banks is called the floodplain. This area is the first part of the land to be flooded.
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 is land that gets covered by water from a stream or river during a flood?
A 'floodplain'.
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.
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.
The part of a river's valley that is underwater when the river overflows its banks is called the?
Flood Plains
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.
