flood plain

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Meaning

a low plain adjacent to a river that is formed chiefly of river sediment and is subject to flooding

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Although termed "bypasses", the system essentially reconnects the Sacramento with a portion of its historic flood plain, which it would have naturally flooded had the levee system not been in place. Source: Internet

Areas generally east of I-65 are above the flood plain, and are composed of gently rolling hills. Source: Internet

History Inside the half-size mission chapel replica The Santa Cruz mission was originally consecrated by Padre Fermin Lasuen on August 28, 1791, citation on the San Lorenzo river's flood plain. Source: Internet

In 1975, the Central Water Commission (CWC) drafted the model flood plain zoning Bill and circulated it to states and UTs. Source: Internet

Meanwhile, Crain and Owen had managed to secure state money that would allow the city to purchase abandoned homes in the flood plain, raze them, and resell the lots. Source: Internet

These waters also create a flood plain known as the toic that provides grazing when the flood waters retreat to the permanent swamp and sluggish river, the Bahr al Jabal, as the White Nile is called here. Source: Internet

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