floodplain

“When you disconnect the stream from its floodplain and put it into a man-made channel, you lose all that habitat complexity, and you start to lose some of those species.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026

A rare floodplain meadow is to be restored into a wildflower-rich habitat after it was donated to a conservation charity.

From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026

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

Even as communities deal with the aftermath of so much deferred maintenance, others are facing the inescapable fact that rebuilding on a floodplain may no longer make sense.

From Salon ● Nov. 25, 2024

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

The National Trust said the scheme showed the value of "nature-based solutions", in which natural features such as rivers connected with floodplains and wildlife including beavers are used to deliver benefits for landscapes and people.

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026

The new research focused on "near-natural" rivers -- waterways where flow remains intact or nearly so, with natural floodplains.

From Barron's ● Jan. 21, 2026

Set in the Llanos de Moxos, a vast network of savannas, gallery forests, and floodplains that make up the largest wetland system in the Amazon basin, this area has inspired curiosity for centuries.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 30, 2025

The medium-sized herbivore once roamed the floodplains of what is now the island's south-west coast.

From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2025

Dense collections of villages thronged the bluffs that line the shore, with their people fishing in the river and farming the floodplains and sections of the uplands.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann