floodplain (Crossword)

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• A flat tract of land bordering a river, mainly in its lower reaches
• Relatively flat surfaces adjacent to active stream or river channels
• Land that gets covered with water as a result of the flooding of a nearby stream
• The flood plain is the flat land of the river valley close to the river banks
• Area bordering a stream over which water spreads when the stream tops its channel banks
• Land adjacent to a watercourse that would be subject to repeated flooding under natural conditions
• The flat land that surrounds a stream and becomes submerged when the stream overflows its banks
• The flat or nearly flat land along a river or stream or in a tidal area that is covered by water during a flood
• The low relief lands bordering a stream or river, common to the mature and old age stages of stream development
• A flat valley floor in which a river meanders, and which may be flooded from time to time after heavy rain
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