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The 80 pages that link to Floodplain, each with the reason it gives.

• Sediment transportRelated: Floods spread suspended sediment across floodplains and renew their soils.

• Environmental flowRelated: Seasonal flows can reconnect floodplains, supporting habitats, fisheries, and farming.

• FloodRelated: Floodwater spreads across these natural areas when a river exceeds its channel.

• Glacial lake outburst floodRelated: Floodplains downstream can be inundated by outburst waves and deposited sediment.

• Riparian zoneRelated: Flooding connects the river to adjacent land and renews soils and habitats within many riparian zones.

• Topographic mapRelated: Elevation patterns help identify low ground and assess potential flood exposure.

• RiverRelated: Overbank floods spread water and sediment across this part of the river valley.

• Hell Creek FormationRelated: Floodplain muds and soils preserve much of the formation’s terrestrial fossil record.

• LeveeRelated: Levees separate developed land from the floodplain while often restricting its natural inundation.

• River engineeringRelated: Preserving floodplains offers storage and habitat that channel confinement can remove.

• Paraná RiverRelated: Seasonal Paraná floods spread water and sediment across adjoining lowlands.

• River basinRelated: Floodplains store and exchange water and sediment with rivers within the basin.

• River channelRelated: Water leaves the channel and spreads across this adjacent land during floods.

• River regulationRelated: Flow control can reduce the floods that replenish floodplain soils and wetlands.

• SiltRelated: Floodwater often leaves layers of silt across river floodplains.

• Hurricane evacuationRelated: Flood exposure helps identify inland communities that may also require evacuation.

• Ischigualasto FormationRelated: Floodplain deposits preserve fossils and plant material across the formation.

• Mississippi River BasinRelated: Floodwaters spread beyond channels and reshape basin landscapes.

• River terraceRelated: A former floodplain can become a terrace when the river cuts below it.

• Carpathian BasinRelated: Floodplains along the Danube and Tisza have shaped settlement and agriculture.

• HydrochoryRelated: Floods move seeds from rivers onto land where they may germinate.

• MarshRelated: Floodplains may contain marshes, but the term describes a landform and its flood regime.

• ValleyRelated: Floodplains occupy low valley floors shaped by river deposits.

• ViaductRelated: A viaduct can carry transport above flood-prone ground without blocking flow.

• Po RiverRelated: Floods spread across the Po’s lowlands, depositing sediment and threatening settlements.

• Riparian forestRelated: Floodplains provide the shifting, nutrient-rich ground on which many riparian forests grow.

• Tonlé SapRelated: The lake spreads across its surrounding floodplain when the river reverses.

• Oxbow lakeRelated: The former channel usually lies within the river’s floodplain.

• River red gumRelated: Seasonal inundation shapes the habitats where river red gums thrive.

• Point barRelated: Point bars can become part of the floodplain as channels migrate away.

• Alluvial riverRelated: It receives sediment when floodwater spills beyond the channel.

• River ecosystemRelated: Floodplains provide connected habitats and expand river productivity during inundation.

• Mahakam RiverRelated: Seasonal flooding sustains the Mahakam’s lakes, wetlands, and floodplain livelihoods.

• Padma RiverRelated: The Padma’s floods replenish and reshape its broad floodplain.

• Red River of the SouthRelated: The Red River’s floods spread across broad lowlands, especially in Louisiana.

• River morphologyRelated: Floodplains record channel migration and sediment deposition beyond the active channel.

• Tanana RiverRelated: Flooding and channel shifts continually reshape the Tanana’s broad valley floor.

• Alnus glutinosaRelated: The species tolerates the waterlogged and periodically flooded soils common there.

• Betula nigraRelated: Floodplains provide the moist, disturbed soils in which river birch often establishes.

• Chambeshi RiverRelated: Seasonal flooding helps connect the Chambeshi with the Bangweulu wetland channels.

• Flood managementRelated: Its development or restoration strongly influences flood storage and downstream impacts.

• GhagharaRelated: Ghaghara floods deposit sediment and continually alter the river’s broad alluvial plain.

• Height above mean sea levelRelated: Elevation relative to water levels helps identify areas exposed to flooding.

• Manovo-Gounda St. Floris National ParkRelated: Seasonal inundation creates productive habitats within the park’s river systems.

• ObRelated: The Ob spreads across broad floodplains during high water.

• RavineRelated: A ravine may open onto a broader floodplain where transported sediment spreads.

• Salix nigraRelated: Floodplain flooding creates the moist, disturbed sites where black willow often establishes.

• ShadoofRelated: Shadoofs let farmers move river water onto higher parts of cultivated floodplains.