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When the bend of a meander is cut off

Natural raised embankments formed as a river overflows

A human factor of flooding that involves clearing trees and woodland that increases the surface run off

Small and circular hollows in the river bed formed by fluvial erosion

Environmental cause of flooding that means the ground doesn't allow infiltration of surface water

Huge walls built across a river to help manage a river. This is a hard engineering technique.

Acid in the water dissolves the rock in the river bed and sides