flood plain

Other forms: flood plains

Definitions of flood plain
  1. noun
    a low plain adjacent to a river that is formed chiefly of river sediment and is subject to flooding
    synonyms: floodplain
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    type of:
    champaign, field, plain
    extensive tract of level open land
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