floodplain

Noun

Meaning

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

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

flood plain delta marsh fen valley meadow holm bottom plain flood lowland low-lying foreshore plaine holme
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Antonyms

ridge mountain upland eminence rise height
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Hypernyms

champaign field plain

Phrases with the word

floodplain meadow

Examples

A property in the 100-year floodplain has a 96 percent chance of being flooded in the next hundred years without global warming. The fact that several years go by without a flood does not change that probability. Earl Blumenauer

Being in a floodplain is like sitting down in a bathtub. Robert Hunter

But the new resilient version of the park will include more than 1,800 new trees across 50 species planted above the floodplain for a net increase of 750 trees. Source: Internet

Apart from the M4 curving to the south there is only one road across the Kennet floodplain. Source: Internet

Erin Hughes, a volunteer at the camp who is a civil engineer from Philadelphia, said tropical storms pose a devastating threat since the camp is located on a floodplain and she and others were monitoring the river’s water level. Source: Internet

Known for its giant hardwoods and towering pines, the park's floodplain forest includes one of the highest canopies in the world and some of the tallest trees in the eastern United States. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

floodmap floodmark floodometer floodplain meadow floodpool floodprone