Queensland Consolidated Regulations

WATER REGULATION 2016 - REG 12

12 Explanation about terraces

(1) Schedule 1 includes a number of references to terraces.

(2) A reference to a terrace, in relation to a valley drained by a watercourse, is intended as a reference to an abandoned floodplain that is situated above an active floodplain associated with the watercourse.

(3) A terrace is formed when floodplains are abandoned during down-cutting into the valley floor by base level change in the form of tectonic activity, by shifts in sediment load or by changes in the flow regime of the watercourse.