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Meaning of "floodplains"

Floodplain (noun): an area of flat land near a river that may flood, often used to describe the agriculture on a floodplain or the formation of a floodplain
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Local or national maps of floodplains or riparian zones.
Floodplains play in natural flood regulation has.
A lush flora grew in the local floodplains.
Floodplains are delineated by the expected frequency of flooding.
The exception are the meadows in the floodplains.
Floodplains and other areas of ecological importance.
Most of the bird biodiversity is in the floodplains.
Altered floodplains and the floods of central europe.
These palms grow mainly in swamps and floodplains.
The excision of floodplains has exacerbated flood peaks.
It occurs in seasonally flooded grassland in the floodplains of rivers.
Floodplains and lakesides were the preferred settlement locations.
It is found on hillsides or floodplains on red sand and limestone.
They are generally found near rivers or over floodplains.
This makes floodplains particularly valuable for agriculture.

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Hemisus barotseensis lives in floodplains in savannas.
Reclaiming our floodplains is the work of a generation or two.
Steps on main channels and floodplains.
Cattle graze on the floodplains during the dry season.
Disturbance of the water regime of rivers and floodplains.
It grows on floodplains and other habitats that flood periodically.
Many of these facilities exist in floodplains.
Floodplains can be described by the frequency of flooding that occurs.
It loves these habitats of floodplains and seasonally inundated grasslands.
Dryosaurus subsisted primarily on low growing vegetation in ancient floodplains.
Geologically ancient floodplains are often represented in the landscape by fluvial terraces.
Cuban gars spawn seasonally in the floodplains of large rivers.
Human uses of floodplains should be adapted to the identified flood risks.
There are swamps and marshes on the lowland river floodplains.
Using green infrastructure like floodplains and wetlands are cheaper investments.
These deposits are interpreted as meandering streams with associated floodplains.
Floodplains of large rivers.
Sediment was deposited in the channels and floodplains of large rivers.
Floodplains may be wide in relation to the size of the river channel.
It grows in sand dunes and sandy areas on coastal floodplains.
Along the rivers there are floodplains suitable for rice paddies.
Areas subject to flooding and drainage in the river floodplains.
The terraces usually separate two floodplains or two fluvial valleys.
Rainfall is higher on the plateau than in the lower clay floodplains.
Both have small floodplains that allow for development and agriculture.
O active and historical floodplains.
The floodplains also create grassy bogs and black alder forests.
Alluvial soils carried in the floodwaters add nutrients to the floodplains.
It grows on floodplains and terraces and is subject to the effects of seasonal flooding.
It was in a region of extensive floodplains.
The lower floodplains are important for their support for migratory birds.
The species can also be found in flood pools and in floodplains.
Parts of floodplains may be preserved as terraces along the downcutting stream channels.
Measures aimed at increasing habitat diversity in the riverbank area and floodplains are.
Alluvial floodplains have developed in the lower park on deposits of quaternary alluvium.

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