floodplain
noun
flood·plain
ˈfləd-ˌplān 
1
: level land that may be submerged by floodwaters
2
: a plain built up by stream deposition
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The 3-and-a-half-mile-long stretch of wall was being built right on the banks of the Rio Grande, in the floodplain, one of the few places where Texas desert plants could actually get water.
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Outside Online, 16 Oct. 2024
Follow that path under a railroad bridge to a boat landing, then go by foot through the woods until the floodplain opens out flat in front of you, revealing more than 100 sacred mounds built by Native Americans thousands of years ago.
—Frank Vaisvilas, Journal Sentinel, 14 Oct. 2024
The Blue Hole Trail is just half-mile long and an easy meander through the forest and cypress floodplain to Blue Hole Spring.
—Terry Ward, Travel + Leisure, 20 Sep. 2024
Driving the news: The Department of Public Works recently requested to use a portion of its stormwater management budget to purchase a tract of land in the Far East Side for preservation of the floodplain, a first for the city.
—Arika Herron, Axios, 1 Aug. 2024
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Outside Online, 16 Oct. 2024
Follow that path under a railroad bridge to a boat landing, then go by foot through the woods until the floodplain opens out flat in front of you, revealing more than 100 sacred mounds built by Native Americans thousands of years ago.
—Frank Vaisvilas, Journal Sentinel, 14 Oct. 2024
The Blue Hole Trail is just half-mile long and an easy meander through the forest and cypress floodplain to Blue Hole Spring.
—Terry Ward, Travel + Leisure, 20 Sep. 2024
Driving the news: The Department of Public Works recently requested to use a portion of its stormwater management budget to purchase a tract of land in the Far East Side for preservation of the floodplain, a first for the city.
—Arika Herron, Axios, 1 Aug. 2024
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“Floodplain.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/floodplain. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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floodplain
noun
flood·plain
-ˌplān
1
: low flat land along a stream or river that may flood
2
: a plain built up from earth left by floodwaters
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