Section 1 - Rivers (Depositional River Landforms)

Question 1

What is a flood plain?

Answer 1

Flat areas of wide valley floor that flood

Question 2

Explain the process of forming the flood plains

Answer 2

1. When a river floods onto the flood plain the water slows down and deposits the eroded material, which builds up the flood plain
2. Meanders migrate across the flood plain, making it wider
3. The deposition that happens on the slip off slopes of meanders also build up the flood plains

Question 3

What are levees?

Answer 3

Natural embankments (raised bits) along the edges of a river channel

Question 4

Name 3 types of depositional river landform

Answer 4

• flood plains
• levees
• deltas