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

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

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

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

• Kaziranga National ParkNarrower topic: The park’s ecology depends on recurring Brahmaputra floods.

• 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.

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

• 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.

• Sacramento RiverNarrower topic: Levees and bypasses alter how the Sacramento River connects with its floodplain.

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

• Flooded grasslands and savannasNarrower topic: Many flooded grasslands form where rivers spread across low-lying land.

• 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.

• Body of waterCompared with: It is adjacent terrain shaped by a river, not the river’s water body.

• 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.

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

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

• Purus RiverNarrower topic: Purus water spreads beyond its channel into low-lying floodplain areas.

• 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.

• Ulmus laevisNarrower topic: Floodplains are the broader landscape where the species' characteristic habitat develops.

• 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.