Middle Course Landforms - Floodplains and Levées
This page develops how and why floodplains form. It describes the changing river profile and how the processes of erosion and deposition combine to form them. It goes on to sequence the formation of levées. Syllabus The formation of typical river landforms, including waterfalls, floodplains, meanders, levée and deltas Key Words Time scales - Floodplain and river landforms form over different time scales from just...