flood plain lake and delta lake

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• Flood control in the Netherlands — Without dikes, this part of the Netherlands would be flooded …   Wikipedia

• Flood control — For the protocol issue, see Flood control (communications). A weir was built on the Humber River (Ontario) to prevent a recurrence of a catastrophic flood. Flood control refers to all methods used to reduce or prevent the detrimental effects of… …   Wikipedia

• River delta — Nile River delta, as seen from Earth orbit. The Nile is an example of a wave dominated delta that has the classic Greek delta (Δ) shape after which river deltas were named. A delta is a landform that is formed at the mouth of a river where that… …   Wikipedia

• Mississippi Delta — This article is about the geographic region of the U.S. state of Mississippi. For other uses, see Mississippi Delta (disambiguation). The Mississippi Delta is the distinctive northwest section of the U.S. state of Mississippi that lies between… …   Wikipedia

• 2011 Assiniboine River flood — Duration: April 2011–present Fatalities: 1[1] Damages: >$1 billion[2] …   Wikipedia

• Ninemile Creek (Onondaga Lake) — Coordinates: 43°05′21″N 76°13′46″W / 43.08911°N 76.22952°W / 43.08911; 76.22952 …   Wikipedia

• Ganges Delta — The Ganges Delta (also Sunderban Delta or the Bengal Delta) is a river delta in the South Asia region of Bengal, consisting of Bangladesh and the state of West Bengal, India. It is the world s largest delta, and empties into the Bay of Bengal. It …   Wikipedia

• Yangtze Plain — ▪ plain, China Chinese (Pinyin)  Chang Jiang Pingyuan  or  (Wade Giles romanization)  Ch ang Chiang P ing yüan        series of alluvial plains of uneven width along the Yangtze River (Chang Jiang) and its major tributaries, beginning east of… …   Universalium

• Oxbow lake — Songhua River, northeast China. Swirls and curves, showing paths the river once took, as well as oxbow lakes, are easily seen in this satellite photo. An oxbow lake is a U shaped body of water formed when a wide meander from the main stem of a… …   Wikipedia

• Arkansas Delta — The Arkansas Delta is one of the natural regions of the state of Arkansas. It runs along the eastern border of the state next to the Mississippi River. It is part of the Mississippi embayment, itself part of the Mississippi River alluvial plain.… …   Wikipedia

• Alluvial plain — An alluvial plain is a relatively flat landform created by the deposition of sediment over a long period of time by one or more rivers coming from highland regions, from which alluvial soil forms. A floodplain is part of the process, being the… …   Wikipedia