Floodplains

Question 1

What is a floodplain?

Answer 1

Area of flat, low lying ground where river meanders, which often floods + is formed mainly of river sediments.

Question 2

What is contained within a floodplain?

Answer 2

An older river and the current river channel + floodplain sediment(particles carried in river).

Question 3

What are levees?

Answer 3

Ridge of sediment deposited alongside river in flood times.