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a) State five characteristics of a flood plain
b) Name four features resulting from water action in deserts

Answer Text:
a) - They have a gently sloping gradient/ flat surface
- They have thick alluvial deposits/ silt/ fertile soils
- They have levees on either side of the river banks, raised river beds
- Some flood plains have braided channels
- Some have deferred tributaries
- Flood plains have river bluffs at their edges
- They have meanders/ bends
- Some have deltas/ distributaries
- Some have ox-bow lakes
b) Inselbergs, mesas, buttes, gorges, wadis, alluvial fans, bajadas, pediments,
pediplans, playas, Salinas