Floodplains

• What is a floodplain?

  A flat or nearly flat area of land adjacent to a river or stream that is subject to flooding.
• Firstly, periods of prolonged heavy rainfall causes discharge in a river to rise
• Secondly, this means that the river level will rise above the banks and flood the surrounding land. 
• Thirdly, over time repeated annual flooding will lead to alluvium and sediment being deposited
• Lastly, this forms levees and floodplains
• What landform is this?

  Floodplain