Depositional Features

Discover more about depositional features, such as floodplains and levees. Some of the world's largest deltas are visible from space. What are these fertile and diverse features, and how are they formed?

Earth Science - Geology - Learning Points.

Fluvial deposition occurs in the lower course of a river, as it reaches a body of deeper water, such as the sea, and forms distinctive features.

Floodplains are extremely fertile due to the deposits of alluvium after recurrent flooding.

Levees reinforce the riverbanks and are the result of heavy material being deposited as the river floods.

Deltas are depositional landforms at the mouth of the river that are separated by distributaries.

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