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What is the area normally covered by water when a river overflows its banks?
The area normally covered by water when a river overflows its banks is called the floodplain. This is the flat, low-lying area surrounding the river that is susceptible to flooding during periods of high water flow. Floodplains serve as a natural buffer to absorb excess water and reduce the risk of damage to nearby communities.
What is it called when a river overflows its banks?
It is called flooding der what is the real term
A condition that develops when water overflows natural or artificial river banks?
flooding
How can flood be helpful to the world?
it damages our house and thousands of people get homeless and injured because of sufficient water and actual point is that it gets overflows from the river and its touch the bank of river and of heavy rain its get collected as extra rain water in river overflows etc like this floods occurs
Where is floodplains formed?
A floodplain is the land that is covered by water when a river overflows it's banks. When this happens, silt and clay are deposited over time and the land on either side of the river flattens out. Any depressions in the land will hold water when the river level returns to normal after flooding and therefore more clay and silt will be deposited there filling it up.
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 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.
What is a rising and overflowing of a body of water onto land that is not normally covered with water?
flood
River that carriers more water than others?
The Amazon river carries more water than any other.
How does water get from the river to your home?
Normally - from the river to a purification plant, then into the domestic water mains and into your home via the tap.
What is caused when a river overflows it normal channel?
When a river overflows its normal channel, it can cause flooding of nearby areas. This can result in damage to property, infrastructure, and ecosystems, as well as pose a threat to human life. Flooding can also lead to soil erosion and contamination of water sources.
What do you call a rising and overflowing of a body of water onto land that is not normally covered with water?
a flood
