floodplain
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It would be the first state park in Yuba County, complete with a boat launch and riverside beach, as well as a floodplain designed to take on water in high-flow years.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026
Parts of Mandalay and its buildings also lie along the floodplain of the Ayerwaddy River.
From BBC • Mar. 29, 2025
These tyrannosaurs would have been around a third of the size of their famous cousin Tyrannosaurus rex, and likely hunted small dinosaurs and other reptiles in their floodplain habitat.
From Science Daily • Dec. 5, 2024
Much of the infrastructure required to draw, treat, and distribute water often sits alongside reservoirs, placing them squarely in a floodplain when the torrent arrives and increasing the likelihood of damage.
From Salon • Nov. 25, 2024
But when a tsunami comes, that farmland becomes a wide floodplain that is difficult to escape in a hurry.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
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Human Geography - Middle School
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