floodplain

See also: flood plain

English

Etymology

flood +‎ plain

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: flood‧plain

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: 河漫灘, 河漫滩 (hémàntān)
Finnish: tulvatasanko
Galician: varcia f
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

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