Q: At certain times of year, a stream or river may overflow its banks. what is the area of land that is flooded called?


Read this paragraph and choose the correct option from the provided answers:

At certain times of year, a stream or river may overflow its banks. The area of land that is flooded is called the floodplain. The floodplain may be very wide where the river flows over a nearly flat surface.

 Choices:

- inlet

- run off

- lowland

- floodplain


A:
floodplain