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floodplain in British English (ˈflʌdˌpleɪn) nounthe flat area bordering a river, composed of sediment deposited during flooding Examples of 'floodplain' in a sentencefloodplain The remains were unearthed from a former floodplain.Cottonwood and willow trees, typical of a desert floodplain, are plentiful.I crossed a soggy floodplain and sat on a bench.No one in their right mind would build a capital city on his floodplain.If you live on the coast, in a floodplain, near a river or an inland waterway.It is thought the six massive dinosaurs died in a floodplain region and were preserved in mud.Beyond it, so green and flat and gorgeous that it looked cultivated, was a floodplain grazing lawn.August is the dry season, and wildlife concentrates around the shrinking waterholes of this vast floodplain.They knew that this was a floodplain: it is flat land adjacent to a river subject to flooding. |