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 plan called for reducing the size of three existing golf courses and opening wide corridors where the river and creeks would spread out in the floodplains and water would percolate into the ground.
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Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2024
Its natural range is restricted to the Channel Country — a remote region defined by the braided floodplains between Cooper Creek, the Diamantina River and the Georgina River in far southwestern Queensland and northeastern South Australia.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025
Older maps that included data from 1940 to 1976 showed that only 60 homes were within the floodplain, the area next to a waterbody prone to flooding.
—Caitlin Looby, Journal Sentinel, 4 Dec. 2024
Ford, with the poultry federation, was noncommittal when he was asked whether his group would be in favor of a buyout of farmers who are growing birds in floodplains.
—Gavin Off, Charlotte Observer, 26 Jan. 2025
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Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2024
Its natural range is restricted to the Channel Country — a remote region defined by the braided floodplains between Cooper Creek, the Diamantina River and the Georgina River in far southwestern Queensland and northeastern South Australia.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025
Older maps that included data from 1940 to 1976 showed that only 60 homes were within the floodplain, the area next to a waterbody prone to flooding.
—Caitlin Looby, Journal Sentinel, 4 Dec. 2024
Ford, with the poultry federation, was noncommittal when he was asked whether his group would be in favor of a buyout of farmers who are growing birds in floodplains.
—Gavin Off, Charlotte Observer, 26 Jan. 2025
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“Floodplain.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/floodplain. Accessed 12 Apr. 2025.
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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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