floodplain

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Definitions

noun

An alluvial plain that may or may not experience occasional or periodic flooding.

Related words

Synonyms

flood lowland plain floodland floodwater floodflow floodpool fluvent flode floud floodtime fluvaquent floodlet upflood ustifluvent flash flooding

Associated

zambezi alluvium oxbow inundation fluvial loess meandering riparian wetlands inundated wetland upland

Rhymes

ascertain disdain sustain inane mundane strain attain profane plain bane

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