FLOOD PLAIN

Domain	Definition
Finance	Land that is likely to be flooded when a nearby stream or river is at flood stage. (references)
Geography	A flat area bordering a watercourse, formed by the latter's deposits in times of flood. Source: European Union. (references)
	The flood plain of streams; land that is overflowed by normal floods; the bottom nearest the stream ; floor upon which any body of water rests. Source: European Union. (references)
Geological	A relatively flat surface next to a stream. During floods, when the stream overflows its banks, water flows over the flood plain. Streams construct flood plains that accommodate their maximum flood capacity. (references)
Hydrologic	A strip of relatively flat and normally dry land alongside a stream, river, or lake that is covered by water during a flood. (references)
	The portion of a river valley that has been inundated by the river during historic floods. (references)
Mining	The surface or strip of relatively smooth land adjacent to a river channel, constructed by the present river in its existing regimen and covered with water when the river overflows its banks. It is built of alluvium carried by the river during floods and deposited in the sluggishwater beyond the influence of the swiftest current. (references)
Science	The nearly flat portion of a river (stream) valley adjacent to the river (stream) channel; it is built by sediment deposited during floods and is covered by water during a flood. (references)
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Specialty Definition: Flood plain

Flood plain is the term in physical geography for a plain formed of sediment dropped by a river. When the slope down which a river runs has become very slight, it is unable to carry the sediment brought from higher regions nearer its source, and consequently the lower portion of the river valley becomes filled with alluvial deposits; and since in times of flood the rush of water in the high regions tears off and carries down a greater quantity of sediment than usual, the river spreads this also over the lower valley where the plain is flooded, because the rush of water is checked, and the stream in consequence drops its extra load. These flood plains are sometimes of great extent. That of the Mississippi below Ohio has a width of from 20 to 80 miles, and its whole extent has been estimated at 50,000 square miles.

Flood plains may be the result of planation, with aggradation, that is, they may be due to a graded river working in meanders from side to side, widening its valley by this process and covering the widened valley with sediment. Or the stream by cutting into another stream (piracy), by cutting through a barrier near its head waters, by entering a region of looser or softer rock, and by glacial drainage, may form a flood plain simply by filling up its valley (alluviation only). Any obstruction across a river's course, such as a band of hard rock, may form a flood plain behind it, and indeed anything which checks a river's course and causes it to drop its load will tend to form a flood plain; but it is most commonly found near the mouth of a large river, such as the Rhine, the Nile, or the Mississippi, where there are occasional floods and the river usually carries a large amount of sediment. "Levees" are formed, inside which the river usually flows, gradually raising its bed above the surrounding plain. Occasional breaches during floods cause the overloaded stream to spread in a great lake over the surrounding country, where the silt covers the ground in consequence. Sections of the Missouri flood plain made by the United States geological survey show a great variety of material of varying coarseness, the stream bed being scoured at one place, and filled at another by currents and floods of varying swiftness, so that sometimes the deposits are of coarse gravel, sometimes of fine sand, or of fine silt, and it is probable that any section of such an alluvial plain would show deposits of a similar character. The flood plain during its formation is marked by meandering, or anastomosing streams, ox-bow lakes and bayous, marshes or stagnant pools, and is occasionally completely covered with water. When the drainage system has ceased to act or is entirely diverted owing to any cause, the flood plain may become a level area of great fertility, similar in appearance to the floor of an old lake. The flood plain differs, however, inasmuch as it is not altogether flat. It has a gentle slope down-stream, and often, for a distance from the sides towards the centre.

based on an article from a 1911 encyclopedia

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	Construction equipment was moved out of the flood plain, after construction completed but before the November 4th flooding event that brought the chum salmon into the system. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.		A group of students plant along the flood plain. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.
	Volunteers in the emergent wetland, vegetation in the flood plain. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.		Vegetation in the flood plain. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.
	Reconstructed flood plain. Credit: Gary Kramer.		New homes built on flood plain, Truckee River [Lockwood, Nevada]. Credit: Library of Congress.
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Language		Translations for "FLOOD PLAIN"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		fushë lymore. (various references)

Danish		flodslette (valley flat), substratum (basement, bottom, first bottom, substratum). (various references)

Dutch		overstromingsvlakte (valley flat), overstromingsgebied bij gewoon hoogwater (bottom, first bottom), overstromingsgebied (valley flat), alluviale vlakte (bottom, first bottom). (various references)

Finnish		tulvatasanne (valley flat), pohja (base, basis, bottom, foundation, ground, sole), jokitasanko (valley flat). (various references)

French		terres d'alluvions, plaine inondable (valley flat), lit majeur (valley flat), lit d'inondation, lit de hautes eaux (valley flat), champ d'inondation (valley flat). (various references)

German		Ueberschwemmungsbereich bei gewoehnlichem Hochwasser (bottom, first bottom), Tiefland (lowland, lowlands), Niederung (depression, flats, Marsh, valley), Bodenschicht (bottom, first bottom), Überschwemmungsgebiet (valley flat). (various references)

Greek		Κοίτη πλημμυρών (valley flat), μείζων κοίτη (bottom, first bottom). (various references)

Hungarian		árterület. (various references)

Italian		fondovalle (valley bottom), fondoterra (bottom, first bottom), pianura alluvionale (valley flat), golena inferiore (bottom, first bottom). (various references)

Pig Latin		oodflay ainplay

Portuguese		planície aluvial (valley flat), leito maior (bottom, first bottom). (various references)

Russian		пойма (bottomland, bottom-land). (various references)

Spanish		planicie aluvial (valley flat), lecho mayor (bottom, first bottom). (various references)

Swedish		flodslätt (valley flat), primärt översvämningsområde (bottom, first bottom). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Anagrams: FLOOD PLAIN

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	Direct Anagrams: floodplain.
	Words within the letters "a-d-f-i-l-l-n-o-o-p"
	-2 letters: nailfold.
	-3 letters: pinfold, plafond.
	-4 letters: apollo, dollop, infall, infold, ladino, pallid.
	-5 letters: aldol, allod, aloin, aloof, danio, fillo, final, flail, flood, folia, folio, indol, lapin, llano, loofa, nidal, nodal, nopal, piano, pilaf, plaid, plain, podia, poind, polio.
	Words containing the letters "a-d-f-i-l-l-n-o-o-p"
	+1 letter: floodplains.
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Domain	Title
Books	Eroticism and Containment: Notes from the Flood Plain (Genders, No 20) (reference) (more book examples)
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Subject	Topic	Quote
Economic History	Gambia, The	Terrain: Flood plain of the Gambia River flanked by low hills. (references)
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Expression	Frequency per Day
flood plain	110
flood plain map	65
100 flood plain year	11
flood plain texas	7
fema flood plain	4
500 flood plain year	3
arizona flood plain	2
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FLOOD PLAIN

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