Define the following: floodplain, delta, alluvial fan, and oxbow lake.

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A floodplain or flood plain is an area of land adjacent to a stream or river that stretches from the banks of its channel to the base of the enclosing valley walls

delta IDK

relating to or derived from alluv

An oxbow lake is a U-shaped body of water that forms when a wide meander from the main stem of a river is cut offium

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