Briefly describe the journey of a river forming waterfalls and flood plains.
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When the river overflows its banks, the neighbouring areas get flooded. When the river floods, it deposits layers of fine soil and other material called sediments along its banks. This leads to the formation of a floodplain. ... A collection of sediments from all the mouths forms a delta.
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As a river enters a plain, it twists and turns forming large bends or meanders. Due to continuous erosion and deposition along the sides of the meander, the ends loop closer, and after a while, cut off from the river to form Ox-bow lakes.
Floodplains are formed when rivers overflow and soil gets deposited on the river banks. The raised banks are called levees.
When a river approaches the sea, its speed decreases and it breaks into a number of streams known as distributaries. Such an area formed from the collection of sediments is a delta.
