During a flood, a river drops the largest pieces of its sediment on the floodplain close to its normal channel. explain why?

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Alfredo

23 September, 03:35

During a flood, a river drops the largest pieces of its sediment on the floodplain close to its normal channel. explain why?

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Tori · Answer 1

When a stream floods, it deposits much of the sediment that it carries onto its floodplain as the largest pieces have a lot of weight and cannot be carried so are deposited.