Plural of floodplain
regular plural
The plural of floodplain is floodplains.
Forms of floodplain
| Singular | floodplain /ˈflʌdˌpleɪn/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | floodplains |
| Countable | countable |
Floodplains in a sentence
- The open floodplains in the Long Xuyen Quadrangle became more and more embanked, and therefore the conditions for flood-adapted, traditional floating rice increasingly declined.2012, Judith Ehlert, Beautiful Floods, page 33. From the entry embanked
- Excepting some outliers — true wildlands, or the Nilotic, Mesopotamian, Yangtzean floodplains — fire and field came to share a mutual geography.2001, Stephen J. Pyne, Fire: A Brief History, University of Washington Press, →ISBN, page 68. From the entry Yangtzean
- Genipap is wild and cultivated in many parts of the Amazon, especially on floodplains, from the river's mouth to the Andean foothills in Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, and Colombia.2023, Nigel Smith, Amazon Fruits: An Ethnobotanical Journey, Springer Nature, →ISBN, page 1109. From the entry genipap
Meaning of floodplain
- noun A low-lying plain adjacent to a river subject to flooding during periods of high rainfall or at high tide.
Questions about the plural of floodplain
- What is the plural of floodplain?
- The plural of floodplain is floodplains.
- Is floodplain countable?
- Floodplain is a countable noun.
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