floodplainnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈflʌdˌpleɪn/us/ˈflʌdˌpleɪn/an area of flat land near a river that is often flooded when the river becomes too full
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Geography: wetland
- bog
- boggy
- fen
- marsh
- marshland
- marshy
- mire
- morass
- peat bog
- quagmire
- quicksand
- slough
- swamp
- swamp gas
- swampland
- swampy
- water meadow
- waterlogged
- wetland
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