Floodplains

Question 1

Formation of a floodplain

Step 1

Answer 1

Flat land either side of a river will be covered in water if the river bursts its banks

Question 2

Step 2

Answer 2

Where there are meanders the river flattens the land by eroding it and depositing sediment on it, making it flat

Question 3

Step 3

Answer 3

Larger materials are deposited along the banks of the river. Larger particles dropped first as the water doesn’t have enough energy to carry them

Question 4

Step 4

Answer 4

Levees are formed