floodplain

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When researchers applied their findings to all floodplain areas in Switzerland suitable for beaver recolonization, they estimated that these wetlands could offset 1.2-1.8% of the country's annual carbon emissions.

From Science Daily • Mar. 22, 2026

Changes that would help salmon include having larger flows in rivers at the right times to support fish, and opening up more floodplain habitats to support their recovery, Rypel said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2025

Parts of Mandalay and its buildings also lie along the floodplain of the Ayerwaddy River.

From BBC • Mar. 29, 2025

These tyrannosaurs would have been around a third of the size of their famous cousin Tyrannosaurus rex, and likely hunted small dinosaurs and other reptiles in their floodplain habitat.

From Science Daily • Dec. 5, 2024

The final result covered almost fifteen acres and was the largest earthen structure in the Western Hemisphere; though built out of unsuitable material in a floodplain, it has stood for a thousand years.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann