Why Would Living on a Floodplain Behind a Levee Be

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Multiple Choice

Why would living on a floodplain behind a levee be safe from flooding?

• A) Levees are rarely overtopped.
• B) Water cannot seep under levees to flood the floodplain.
• C) Levee banks are rarely eroded enough to fail.
• D) Once a levee is built high enough to contain a 100-year flood, that volume of water will never flood.
• E) This statement is not true because 100-year flood levels often continue to get higher with time.

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