floodplain

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(thing) by Crescent (9.3 mon) (print) ? I like it! Thu Mar 29 2001 at 13:06:01

An area surrounding a river, subject to flooding. Normally associated large rivers, which have deposited large amounts of silt, actually forming a large flat area, or plain.

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