- a variation of flood plain.
floodplain
Americannoun
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floodplains
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Human Geography - Middle School
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Around 415 million years ago, it would have been an imposing predator in the floodplain environments of the Early Devonian.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 2, 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
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
Prior to the 11th Century, the Cholas had been one among the many squabbling powers that dotted the Kaveri floodplain, the great body of silt that flows through India's present-day state of Tamil Nadu.
From BBC ● Jan. 17, 2025
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
As it enters Assam's vast floodplains, home to some 28 million people and hemmed in by hills, it slows and deposits sediment, fuelling erosion and floods.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
This number, the EA said, would rise if more homes were built on floodplains.
From BBC ● Feb. 10, 2026
Known as North America's most fertile source of dinosaur fossils, it contains massive deposits of mudstone, sandstone, and limestone from ancient rivers and floodplains.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 1, 2026
Another major population centre lies in India's northeast, including Assam and the Brahmaputra floodplains, which host more than 6,500 elephants.
From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 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
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