"floodplain" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: floodplains [plural], flood plain [alternative]
Etymology: From flood + plain. Etymology templates: {{com|en|flood|plain}} flood + plain Head templates: {{en-noun}} floodplain (plural floodplains)
  1. (geography) An alluvial plain adjacent to a river formed by flooding during periods of high rain. Wikipedia link: flood plain Categories (topical): Geography Categories (place): Landforms Derived forms: flood plain toadlet Related terms: alluvial plain Translations (a plain formed by the deposition of flooding): plana d'inundació [feminine] (Catalan), 河漫灘 /河漫滩 (hémàntān) (Chinese Mandarin), flodslette [common-gender] (Danish), tulvatasanko (Finnish), varcia [feminine] (Galician), ჭალა (č̣ala) (Georgian), Flussaue [feminine] (German), Aue [feminine] (German), Au [feminine] (German), Überschemmungsgebiet [neuter] (German), מִישׁוֹר הֲצָפָה (mishór hatsafá) [masculine] (Hebrew), ártér (Hungarian), dataran banjir (Indonesian), はんらん源 (hanrangen) (Japanese), адз (adź) (Komi-Zyrian), flomslette [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), دشت سیلابی (dašt-e seylâbi) (Persian), várzea [feminine] (Portuguese), vargem [feminine] (Portuguese), luncă [feminine] (Romanian), по́йма (pójma) [feminine] (Russian), terreno inundable [masculine] (Spanish), llanura aluvial inundable [feminine] (Spanish), vega inundable [feminine] (Spanish), bahaing kapatagan (Tagalog), запла́ва (zapláva) [feminine] (Ukrainian), qayir (Uzbek)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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