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floodland

floodland noun: a low-lying area, especially on either side of a river, which regularly floods.

Noun

floodland pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) A low-lying area, especially on either side of a river, which regularly floods.
    • Important to the description of surface water and wetlands is the floodlands of rivers and streams. Floodlands are the wide, gently sloping areas contiguous to and usually lying on both sides of a river or stream channel.1978, Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission, A park and recreation plan for Ozaukee County
    • The third type of surface water storage area consists of the floodlands generally associated with streams and water courses. Because of the absence of major lakes and the small areas of remaining wetlands, floodlands constitute the main […]1979, Environmental Protection Agency, The IJC Menomonee River watershed study, United States, page 59

Examples of floodland in a sentence

  • This is the reason why there are fewer amphibia in the annual otter's diet in the River Pripyat floodlands (where there are virtually no common frogs) as compared to other large river basins.1991, The Soviet Journal of Ecology, volume 22, page 368:
  • Drainage — During a storm, any part of the floodlands not reached by the flood can retain water in its soils and hydrological system, thereby reducing the probable height of the floodwaters.2018, John R. Clark, Coastal Zone Management Handbook, CRC Press, →ISBN:

Origin of floodland

From flood + land.

Questions about floodland

What does floodland mean?
Floodland means a low-lying area, especially on either side of a river, which regularly floods.
How do you use floodland in a sentence?
This is the reason why there are fewer amphibia in the annual otter's diet in the River Pripyat floodlands (where there are virtually no common frogs) as compared to other large river basins.
What part of speech is floodland?
Floodland is a noun.

Words near floodland in the dictionary

  1. flooding out
  2. flooding the zone
  3. floodings
  4. floodlamp
  5. floodlamps
  6. floodland
  7. floodlands
  8. floodless
  9. floodlessness
  10. floodlet
  11. floodlets

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