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

• AlluviumBroader topic: Floods deposit fine alluvium across this surface as water spills beyond the channel.

• TopographyBroader topic: Low-lying topography helps define where floodwaters can spread.

• Alluvial plainBroader topic: Floodwater spreads sediment across this core part of many alluvial plains.

• Fluvial geomorphologyBroader topic: Floodplain form records overbank deposition and channel migration.

• Murray–Darling BasinBroader topic: Floodwaters connect rivers with wetlands and replenish floodplain soils.

• Fluvial processesBroader topic: Overbank flows deposit sediment that gradually builds broad valley floors.

• Indo-Gangetic PlainBroader topic: Floodwaters spread sediment across broad parts of the plain.

• Yellow River floodsBroader topic: The North China Plain’s densely settled floodplain bore the force of channel shifts and levee failures.

• Kakadu National ParkBroader topic: Kakadu’s floodplains expand into vast wetlands during the wet season.

• LandformBroader topic: Its shape and sediment record reveal river flooding and influence settlement risk.

• 1887 Yellow River floodBroader topic: The breached river inundated populated floodplain far beyond its channel.

• AggradationBroader topic: Repeated overbank deposition aggrades floodplains and changes their elevation.

• MeadowBroader topic: Flooding can maintain river meadows by disturbing vegetation and depositing sediment.

• Upland and lowlandBroader topic: Floodplains are characteristic low-lying landscapes shaped by river flow.

• Yangtze PlainBroader topic: Floodplains make up much of the Yangtze Plain’s river margins.