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Floodout
By riverstyles on April 2, 20190Floodout Position: Floodplain Form Lobate/fan-shaped sand body that radiates downstream from an intersection point of a discontinuous channel...
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Valley fill (swamp, swampy meadow)
By riverstyles on April 2, 2019Valley fill (swamp, swampy meadow) Position: Floodplain Form Relatively flat unincised surface. May have ponds and discontinuous channels...
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Ridge and swale topography
By riverstyles on April 2, 2019Ridge and swale topography Position: Floodplain Form Ridges are scroll bars that have been incorporated into the floodplain....
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Palaeochannel
By riverstyles on April 2, 2019Palaeochannel (prior channel, abandoned or ancestral channel) Position: Floodplain Form An old, inactive channel on the floodplain. May...
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Floodplain sand sheet
By riverstyles on April 2, 2019Floodplain sand sheet Position: Floodplain Form Flat, tabular laterally extensive sheets in non-levee settings with massive, often poorly...
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Sand wedge
By riverstyles on April 2, 2019Sand wedge Position: Floodplain Form Sandy deposits with wedge-shaped cross-section at channel margins in non-levee settings. Typically have...
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Backswamp
By riverstyles on April 2, 2019Backswamp (distal floodplain, floodplain wetland, floodpond, floodplain lake) Position: Floodplain Form The distal floodplain, at valley margins, is...
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Flood runner
By riverstyles on April 2, 2019Flood runner Position: Floodplain Form Relatively straight depression that occasionally conveys floodwaters. Tends to have a relatively uniform...
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Flood channel (back channel)
By riverstyles on April 2, 2019Flood channel (back channel) Position: Floodplain Form Low sinuosity subsidiary channel. Entrance height approximates bankfull stage. Commonly observed...
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Crevasse splay (crevasse channel fill)
By riverstyles on April 2, 2019Crevasse splay (crevasse channel fill) Position: Floodplain Form A sediment tongue fed by a crevasse channel that breaches the...
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