A small island, an islet; esp. in a river, estuary, or lake, or near the mainland.

a tract of land periodically overflowed by a river.

English regional. Chiefly East Anglian. The layer of soil lying above the subsoil; the topsoil. Obsolete.

A flood-plain; land susceptible to flooding.

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land covered by water in time of flood.

A ledge or flat of land bordering either bank of the Nile and inundated when the river overflows.

In Brazil, (an area of) low-lying, flat land which is subject to periodical flooding.

In Southern Sudan, a stretch of flat land near a river that is subject to annual flooding.