Over its course the Molonglo River alternates between long broad floodplains and narrow rocky gorges several times.

Even if there was a bridge, the Big Muddy is notable for its broad, flat floodplain.

The river has an extremely broad floodplain, that is about 2-3 km across.

Still flowing westward, the river flows through a broad floodplain.

Finally into a broad, dark-earth floodplain, heavy with timber and full of game and fish.

Able to accommodate both a broad floodplain or a narrow channel, they can also handle many different drop heights.

Directly across The River toward the west, the broad floodplain led to a series of hills that climbed up to a grass-covered highland.

Just north of the lake the river opens into a broad floodplain, through which channels have been dug to support irrigated farming.

The broad floodplain contains large quantities of sand and silt carried from the Rocky Mountains by the river.

To the east of the coastal hills lies the broad floodplain of the Waikato River.