Look up: Floodplain

1. Floodplain
   The flat or nearly flat land along a river or stream or in a tidal area that is covered by water during a flood.
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2. Floodplain
   (1) A flat tract of land bordering a river, mainly in its lower reaches, and consisting of ALLUVIUM deposited by the river. It is formed by the sweeping of the meander belts downstream, thus widening the valley, the sides of which may become some kilometers apart. In time of flood, when the river ov...
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3. Floodplain
   Land adjacent to a watercourse that would be subject to repeated flooding under natural conditions.
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4. floodplain
   Relatively flat surfaces adjacent to active stream or river channels, formed by deposition of sediments during major floods. The floodplain may be covered by water during floods: 100-year floodplain: That area that would be covered by water during the 100-year flood event. Historic floodplain: An ar...
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5. floodplain
   flat land area adjacent to a stream, composed of unconsolidated sedimentary deposits (alluvium) and subject to periodic inundation by the stream. ... [8 related articles]
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6. Floodplain
   Relatively flat area found alongside the stream channel that is prone to flooding and receives alluvium deposits from these inundation events.
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7. FLOODPLAIN
   The flat area adjacent to a stream or river, where floodwaters may accumulate and dissipate their destructive energy.
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8. floodplain
   floodplain, level land along the course of a river formed by the deposition of sediment during periodic floods. Floodplains contain such features as levees, backswamps, delta plains, and oxbow lakes. Floodplains may be extensive, such as below the conflux of the Ohio and the Mississippi, where they ...
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