Transcription 10/22/2025, 3:33:36 PM
What is a floodplain?
Apuntes
• Subtopic: Floodplain A/ The area along rivers that forms from sediments deposited when a river overflows its banks. • Subtopic: Water Cycle A/ The movement of water from the ocean, to the atmosphere, to land, and back to the ocean. The water cycle is driven by solar energy. • Subtopic: Delta A/ A fan-shaped deposit of sediment when a river meets a large body of water. • Subtopic: Sediment A/ The material from a liquid that settles to the bottom. • Subtopic: Shoreline A/ The place where land and a body of water meet. • Subtopic: Levee A/ The buildup of sediment deposited along the channel of a river. • Subtopic: Deposition A/ When a river slows down, it drops or deposits its sediment to the bottom. --- SIGUIENTE IMAGEN --- • Subtopic: Well A/ A hole that extracts water from underground by digging. • Subtopic: Water Table A/ The boundary between the zone of aeration and the zone of saturation. • Subtopic: Bedrock A/ The layer of rock beneath the soil. • Subtopic: Dam A/ A barrier that can redirect the flow of water. • Subtopic: Channel A/ A path that a stream follows. • Subtopic: River Exudation A/ Channels amounts of s...
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