Sediment-laden floodwaters crest riverbanks, scour out new pond depressions and, as the water slows down across the floodplain, deposit rich soils and nutrients.
(Sediment-laden floodwaters crest riverbanks; scour out; new pond depressions; T:as the water slows down across the floodplain, deposit rich soils and nutrients) (the water; slows down; L:across the floodplain)
Sediment-laden floodwaters crest riverbanks the water
scour out slows down
new pond depressions T:as the water slows down across the floodplain, deposit rich soils and nutrients
L:across the floodplain