floodplain
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El Adli said the area that crews were digging in is located on what is potentially an ancient floodplain.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026
There are only four square miles in total of floodplain meadow in the country - the equivalent in size to Heathrow Airport.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
It would be the first state park in Yuba County, complete with a boat launch and riverside beach, as well as a floodplain designed to take on water in high-flow years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 22, 2026
These fish depend on long, uninterrupted river pathways that link spawning grounds, feeding areas, and floodplain nurseries, often across multiple countries.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 26, 2026
The 100 buildings occupied the same floodplain; in the event of flood, the ground floors of all of them were equally exposed.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
Dozens of local water agencies have signed these so-called voluntary agreements and have begun investing in projects to restore wetlands and floodplains along rivers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026
He grew up in a farming family near Kaziranga, on the floodplains of the Brahmaputra, where the river routinely shifts its banks and forces families to resettle.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
After a campaign over hundreds of years saw rivers tamed for commercial use, he urged a shift back "toward natural rivers featuring meandering branches and floodplains that retain water across the landscape".
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
The desert is already advancing eastwards, threatening the river floodplains of the Ganges, he warned.
From Barron's ● May 31, 2026
Most known geoglyphs are located not near the floodplains but on higher ground.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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Human Geography - Middle School
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