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Flood Plain along Lynches River Johnsonville, South Carolina Showing high water mark on tupelo and cypress

In geography, a flood plain is a plain formed of sediment, typically dropped by a river. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Flood plain. ... Flood plain: Lynches River, Johnsonville, SC Image taken by me, released under GFDL Pollinator 03:30, 10 Feb 2004 (UTC) The high water mark can be clearly seen on the tupelo and cypress trees. ... Flood plain: Lynches River, Johnsonville, SC Image taken by me, released under GFDL Pollinator 03:30, 10 Feb 2004 (UTC) The high water mark can be clearly seen on the tupelo and cypress trees. ... Lynches River in winter Johnsonville, South Carolina Lynches River, named for Thomas Lynch, Jr. ... Johnsonville is a city located in Florence County, South Carolina. ... For the Doctor Who character Nyssa, see Nyssa of Traken. ... Species Taxodium ascendens - Pond Cypress Taxodium distichum - Bald Cypress Taxodium mucronatum - Montezuma Cypress Taxodium is a genus of one to three species (depending on taxonomic opinion) of extremely flood-tolerant conifers in the cypress family, Cupressaceae, one of several genera in the family commonly known as cypresses. ... Sediment is any particulate matter that can be transported by fluid flow and which eventually is deposited as a layer of solid particles on the bed or bottom of a body of water or other liquid. ... The Murray River in Australia. ...

When the slope down which a river runs has become very slight, it is unable to carry the sediment brought from higher regions nearer its source, and consequently the lower portion of the river valley becomes filled with alluvial deposits. Since, in times of flood, the rush of water in the high regions tears off and carries down a greater quantity of sediment resulting in planation, with aggradation. That is, they may be due to a graded river working in meanders from side to side, widening its valley by this process and covering the widened valley with sediment. Or the stream -- by cutting into another stream (piracy), by cutting through a barrier near its head waters, by entering a region of looser or softer rock, and by glacial drainage -- may form a flood plain simply by filling up its valley (alluviation only). An alluvial deposit is an accumulation of alluvium (sediment), sometimes containing valuable ore and gemstones, or simply consisting of gravel, sand, or clay, in the bed or former bed of a river. ... Look up flood in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

Any obstruction across a river's course, such as a band of hard rock, may form a flood plain behind it, and indeed anything that checks a river's course and causes it to drop its load will tend to form a flood plain. Still, flood plains are most commonly found near the mouth of a large river, such as the Rhine, the Nile, or the Mississippi, where there are occasional floods and the river usually carries a large amount of sediment. "Levees" are formed, inside which the river usually flows, gradually raising its bed above the surrounding plain. Occasional breaches during floods cause the overloaded stream to spread in a great lake over the surrounding country, where the silt covers the ground in consequence. Loreley At 1,320 kilometres (820 miles) and an average discharge of more than 2,000 cubic meters per second, the Rhine (Dutch Rijn, French Rhin, German Rhein, Italian: Reno, Romansch: Rein, ) is one of the longest and most important rivers in Europe. ... The Nile (Arabic: النيل an-nīl), in Africa, is the longest river on Earth. ...

Sections of the Missouri flood plain taken by the United States geological survey show a great variety of material of varying coarseness, the stream bed being scoured at one place, and filled at another by currents and floods of varying swiftness, so that sometimes the deposits are of coarse gravel, sometimes of fine sand or of fine silt, and it is probable that any section of such an alluvial plain would show deposits of a similar character. Official language(s) None Capital Jefferson City Largest city Kansas City Largest metro area St. ...

The flood plain during its formation is marked by meandering or anastomosing streams, ox-bow lakes and bayous, marshes or stagnant pools, and is occasionally completely covered with water. When the drainage system has ceased to act or is entirely diverted for any reason, the flood plain may become a level area of great fertility, similar in appearance to the floor of an old lake. The flood plain differs, however, inasmuch as it is not altogether flat. It has a gentle slope down-stream, and often, for a distance from the side towards the center. A bayou (pronounced or ) is a small, slow-moving stream or creek formed in the former bed of a river. ... Freshwater marsh in Florida In geography, a marsh is a type of wetland, featuring grasses, rushes, reeds, typhas, sedges, and other herbaceous plants (possibly with low-growing woody plants) in a context of shallow water. ...

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