Dictionary

floodplain en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈflʌdˌpleɪn/
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Etymology

From flood + plain.

Meanings

1. A low-lying plain adjacent to a river subject to flooding during periods of high rainfall or at high tide.
   • Near-synonyms: bottomland, bottomlands
   • tidal floodplain

Forms

Deriveds

flood plain toadlet

Synonyms

bottomland · alluvial plain · bottomlands

Translations (40)

it golena (a plain formed by the deposition of flooding) · pl obszar zalewowy (a plain formed by the deposition of flooding) · id dataran banjir (a plain formed by the deposition of flooding) · de Flussaue (a plain formed by the deposition of flooding) · ru по́йма (a plain formed by the deposition of flooding) · he מִישׁוֹר הֲצָפָה (a plain formed by the deposition of flooding) · ja はんらん源 (a plain formed by the deposition of flooding) · kpv адз (a plain formed by the deposition of flooding) · ko 범람원 (a plain formed by the deposition of flooding) · ro luncă (a plain formed by the deposition of flooding) · ca plana d'inundació (a plain formed by the deposition of flooding) · de Aue (a plain formed by the deposition of flooding) · nb flomslette (a plain formed by the deposition of flooding) · hu ártér (a plain formed by the deposition of flooding) · pt várzea (a plain formed by the deposition of flooding) · fi tulvatasanko (a plain formed by the deposition of flooding) · uk запла́ва (a plain formed by the deposition of flooding) · pl równina zalewowa (a plain formed by the deposition of flooding) · gl varcia (a plain formed by the deposition of flooding) · de Überschemmungsgebiet (a plain formed by the deposition of flooding) · fa دشت سیلابی (a plain formed by the deposition of flooding) · pl terasa zalewowa (a plain formed by the deposition of flooding) · ml ജലോഢ സമതലം (a plain formed by the deposition of flooding) · de Au (a plain formed by the deposition of flooding) · pl taras zalewowy (a plain formed by the deposition of flooding) · cmn 河漫灘 /河漫滩 (a plain formed by the deposition of flooding) · da flodslette (a plain formed by the deposition of flooding) · es terreno inundable (a plain formed by the deposition of flooding) · tl bahaing kapatagan (a plain formed by the deposition of flooding) · vi bãi bồi (a plain formed by the deposition of flooding) · fr lit majeur (a plain formed by the deposition of flooding) · pt vargem (a plain formed by the deposition of flooding) · kw fennva (a plain formed by the deposition of flooding) · cy gorlifdir (a plain formed by the deposition of flooding) · es llanura aluvial inundable (a plain formed by the deposition of flooding) · uz qayir (a plain formed by the deposition of flooding) · es vega inundable (a plain formed by the deposition of flooding) · nl uiterwaard (a plain formed by the deposition of flooding) · ka ჭალა (a plain formed by the deposition of flooding) · mr पूरभूमि (a plain formed by the deposition of flooding)