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How do rivers change?

Here, the river has very gentle valley sides, very big meanders and a wide flood plain. When it floods, therefore, the flood plain will cover a very wide area.

lower course of a river lower course of a river
lower course of a river lower course of a river
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First look at some photos of lower courses of rivers and then see how a flood plain is formed.
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