Do rivers flood?
Yes, they do. Rivers often overflow their banks and flood the land around them. This can manifest when there has been a lot of rain or a lot of snow has melted in the mountain where the river starts its journey. Floods are often very destructive. They can damage crops and houses and kill people. But in the long run they can additionally do some good. They bring sparkling soil down the river and unfold it on the flooded land. Egyptian farmers have been structured on the annual flooding of the Nile for hundreds of years. The Amazon and the Ganges rivers oftentimes bring fertile soil to the agricultural areas downstream.
