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Definition 2024

floodplain

floodplain

See also: flood plain

English

Noun

floodplain ‎(plural floodplains)

(geography) An alluvial plain that may or may not experience occasional or periodic flooding.

Translations

a plain formed by the deposition of flooding

Chinese:
Mandarin: trad. 河漫灘, simpl. 河漫滩 (hémàntān)
Finnish: tulvatasanko
Georgian: ჭალა ‎(č̣ala)
German: Flussaue f, Aue (de) f, Au (de) f
Hungarian: ártér (hu)

Japanese: はんらん源 ‎(hanrangen)
Portuguese: várzea (pt) f, vargem f
Russian: по́йма (ru) f ‎(pójma)
Spanish: terreno inundable m, llanura aluvial inundable f, vega inundable f
Tagalog: kapatagang-bahaan

See also

alluvial plain