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floodplain

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flood·plain also flood plain  (fldpln)
n.
A plain bordering a river and subject to flooding.
floodplain  (fldpln)
Flat land bordering a river and made up of alluvium (sand, silt, and clay) deposited during floods. When a river overflows, the floodplain is covered with water.
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Noun1.floodplainfloodplain - a low plain adjacent to a river that is formed chiefly of river sediment and is subject to flooding
flood plain
champaign, plain, field - extensive tract of level open land; "they emerged from the woods onto a vast open plain"; "he longed for the fields of his youth"
Translations
floodplain [ˈflʌdpleɪn] N → llanura f sujeta a inundaciones de un río


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The property is alternately paved and unpaved and some areas lie within the Santa Clara River's floodplain.
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Here are two poems for contemplation, the first, 'Red Oak on Red Hill Above the Floodplain,' and the second, 'Coda, Earth Voice': "I will be here long/ after you're gone, after/ your two-legged life ends/ where it began, after/ what you hadn't thought/ to watch for arrives,/ after storms cease and/ stillness leaves earth/ ready to be born anew (p.
Turtle Island Tree Psalms: Poems by Hugh Ogden by Lorraine, Nancy / MBR Bookwatch
Instead, it might have found itself left behind on a muddy floodplain each time waters receded with the tide ("Amphibious Ancestors," SN: 6/17/06, p.
The way we were by Coffman, David S. / Science News
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