Given below are two statements. In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below.
Statement I:Flood fringe is the lowest part of the flood plain, where no development is permitted and which is reserved for the passage of flood flows.
Statement II:Floodway is an area of floodplain land where filling and development may be permitted, subject to land use and building code regulations designed to minimize damage.
ABoth Statement I and Statement II are true
BBoth Statement I and Statement II are false ✓ Correct
CStatement I is true but Statement II is false
DStatement I is false but Statement II is true
Correct answer: (B) Both Statement I and Statement II are false
Explanation
Both statements are false because the definitions of floodway and flood fringe are swapped.
Statement 1 wrongly calls the reserved flood carrying channel the flood fringe.
That lowest part reserved for flood flows, allowing no development, is actually the floodway.
Statement 2 wrongly calls the buildable outer zone the floodway.
That outer area where filling and development may be allowed is actually the flood fringe.
Together the floodway and flood fringe make up the full flood plain.
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