- a variation of flood plain.
floodplain
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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
Skagit County, a major agricultural area north of Seattle, has issued an immediate evacuation order to residents who live on the floodplain.
From BBC • Dec. 11, 2025
Eventually, they were overtaken, falling silent to the noisy ambitions of foreigners and settlers who set about transforming this vast floodplain with imported water and orchards and homes.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 10, 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
Moistening the clay was easy—capillary action will draw up water from the floodplain, which has a high water table.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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Human Geography - Middle School
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