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Noun: floodplain  'flúd,pleyn
  1. A low plain adjacent to a river that is formed chiefly of river sediment and is subject to flooding
    - flood plain

Derived forms: floodplains, flood plains

Type of: champaign, field, flatland, plain

Encyclopedia: Floodplain

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