flood plain

floodplaintop: a river at normal levelbottom: a river that has flooded and spread to low-lying areas on either side of the river

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also flood plain F0191600 (flŭd′plān′)n. A plain bordering a river and subject to flooding at times of high water.

flood plain

n1. (Physical Geography) the flat area bordering a river, composed of sediment deposited during flooding

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n. a nearly flat plain along the course of a stream or river that is naturally subject to flooding. [1870–75]

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flood plain - a low plain adjacent to a river that is formed chiefly of river sediment and is subject to floodingfloodplainchampaign, plain, field - extensive tract of level open land; "they emerged from the woods onto a vast open plain"; "he longed for the fields of his youth"

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

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