Definitions

flood plain

NOUN

plain bordering a river

Synonyms

WEAK

alluvial plain coastal plain delta delta plain floodplain tidal plain

Example Sentences

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Flood-plain deposits of great thickness may be built by aggrading rivers even in valleys whose rock floors have never been thus widened.

From The Elements of Geology by Norton, William Harmon