-
Mississippi river basins,
heavily exploit floodplains.
Agricultural and
urban regions have
developed near or on
floodplains to take
advantage of the rich soil...
- is 10 750 km2 when the
floodplains of
several tributaries are
taken into account, such as the
Luena Flats. The
Barotse Floodplain is the
second largest...
- The
Lowbidgee Floodplain extends from
Balranald to near
Waradgery Station,
about 20 km (12 mi) west of Hay, in south-western New
South Wales, Australia...
- W.; Erdman, Jori A. (eds.), "Levees and the
Making of a
Dysfunctional Floodplain",
Mississippi Delta Restoration,
Estuaries of the World, Cham: Springer...
- groundwater.
Anthropogenic impacts on
floodplain mostly target the
lateral connectivity between rivers and
their floodplains, so many
restoration methods focus...
-
refers to
loose sediments of all
types deposited by
running water in
floodplains or in
alluvial fans or
related landforms. However, the
meaning of the...
- The Vega de
Granada is a
comarca (county, but with no
administrative role) in the
province of Granada,
southeastern Spain. The name
refers to the plain...
- Had
these floodplain development rules had been in
place all along, it is
estimated that 84% of
homes in the 100-year and 500-year
floodplains would have...
- rivers,
where a
river channel has
widened over a
basin formed by
eroded floodplains and wetlands. Some
lakes are
found in
caverns underground. Some parts...
- the
course of a
river in its
floodplain or
along low-lying coastlines.
Naturally occurring levees form on
river floodplains following flooding,
where sediment...
