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Floodplain

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A floodplain or flood plain is an area of land adjacent to a stream or river which stretches from the banks of its channel to the base of the enclosing valley walls, and which experiences flooding during periods of high discharge. [1]

47 relations: Agriculture, Alluvial plain, Alluvium, Bangladesh, Bank filtration, Bayou, Braided river, California, Central Asia, Channel (geography), Crevasse splay, Cyclone, English, Indiana, Epidemic, Famine, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Flood, Flood insurance rate map, Flood opening, Flood-meadow, Floodplain restoration, Fluvial terrace, Ganges Delta, Inner Niger Delta, List of alluvial sites in Switzerland, List of deadliest floods, Mali, Marsh, Meander, Missouri River, Monsoon, National Agriculture Imagery Program, National Flood Insurance Program, Oxbow lake, Recessional agriculture, Red River Floodway, Return period, Riparian zone, River, Stream, Tugay, United States Geological Survey, Water stagnation, Water-meadow, Yellow River, 1887 Yellow River flood, 1931 China floods.

Agriculture

Agriculture is the cultivation of land and breeding of animals and plants to provide food, fiber, medicinal plants and other products to sustain and enhance life.

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Alluvial plain

An alluvial plain is a largely flat landform created by the deposition of sediment over a long period of time by one or more rivers coming from highland regions, from which alluvial soil forms.

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Alluvium

Alluvium (from the Latin alluvius, from alluere, "to wash against") is loose, unconsolidated (not cemented together into a solid rock) soil or sediments, which has been eroded, reshaped by water in some form, and redeposited in a non-marine setting.

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Bangladesh

Bangladesh (বাংলাদেশ, lit. "The country of Bengal"), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh (গণপ্রজাতন্ত্রী বাংলাদেশ), is a country in South Asia.

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Bank filtration

River Bank filtration is a type of filtration that works by passing water to be purified for use as drinking water through the Banks of a river or lake.

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Bayou

In usage in the United States, a bayou (or, from Cajun French) is a body of water typically found in a flat, low-lying area, and can be either an extremely slow-moving stream or river (often with a poorly defined shoreline), or a marshy lake or wetland.

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Braided river

A braided river, or braided channel, consists of a network of river channels separated by small, and often temporary, islands called braid bars or, in British usage, aits or eyots.

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California

California is a state in the Pacific Region of the United States.

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Central Asia

Central Asia stretches from the Caspian Sea in the west to China in the east and from Afghanistan in the south to Russia in the north.

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Channel (geography)

In physical geography, a channel is a type of landform consisting of the outline of a path of relatively shallow and narrow body of fluid, most commonly the confine of a river, river delta or strait.

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Crevasse splay

A crevasse splay is a sedimentary fluvial deposit which forms when a stream breaks its natural or artificial levees and deposits sediment on a floodplain.

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Cyclone

In meteorology, a cyclone is a large scale air mass that rotates around a strong center of low atmospheric pressure.

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English, Indiana

English is a town in and the county seat of Sterling Township, Crawford County, Indiana, United States.

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Epidemic

An epidemic (from Greek ἐπί epi "upon or above" and δῆμος demos "people") is the rapid spread of infectious disease to a large number of people in a given population within a short period of time, usually two weeks or less.

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Famine

A famine is a widespread scarcity of food, caused by several factors including war, inflation, crop failure, population imbalance, or government policies.

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Federal Emergency Management Agency

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is an agency of the United States Department of Homeland Security, initially created by Presidential Reorganization Plan No.

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Flood

A flood is an overflow of water that submerges land that is usually dry.

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Flood insurance rate map

A flood insurance rate map (FIRM) is an official map of a community within the United States that displays the floodplains, more explicitly special hazard areas and risk premium zones, as delineated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

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Flood opening

A flood opening or flood vent (also styled floodvent) is an orifice in an enclosed structure intended to allow the free passage of water between the interior and exterior.

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Flood-meadow

A flood-meadow (or floodmeadow) is an area of grassland or pasture beside a river, subject to seasonal flooding.

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Floodplain restoration

Floodplain restoration is the process of fully or partially restoring a river's floodplain to its original conditions before having been affected by the construction of levees (dikes) and the draining of wetlands and marshes.

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Fluvial terrace

Fluvial terraces are elongated terraces that flank the sides of floodplains and fluvial valleys all over the world.

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Ganges Delta

The Ganges-Brahmaputra Delta (also known as the Brahmaputra Delta, the Sunderbans Delta or the Bengal Delta) is a river delta in the Bengal region of the South Asia, consisting of Bangladesh and the Indian state of West Bengal.

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Inner Niger Delta

The Inner Niger Delta, also known as the Macina or Masina, is the inland delta of the Niger River.

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List of alluvial sites in Switzerland

The List of alluvial sites in Switzerland, listing the Swiss heritage floodplains.

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List of deadliest floods

This is a list consisting of the deadliest floods worldwide with a minimum of 50 deaths.

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Mali

Mali, officially the Republic of Mali (République du Mali), is a landlocked country in West Africa, a region geologically identified with the West African Craton.

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Marsh

A marsh is a wetland that is dominated by herbaceous rather than woody plant species.

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Meander

A meander is one of a series of regular sinuous curves, bends, loops, turns, or windings in the channel of a river, stream, or other watercourse.

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Missouri River

The Missouri River is the longest river in North America.

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Monsoon

Monsoon is traditionally defined as a seasonal reversing wind accompanied by corresponding changes in precipitation, but is now used to describe seasonal changes in atmospheric circulation and precipitation associated with the asymmetric heating of land and sea.

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National Agriculture Imagery Program

The National Agriculture Imagery Program (NAIP) acquires aerial imagery during the agricultural growing seasons in the continental United States.

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National Flood Insurance Program

The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) is a program created by the Congress of the United States in 1968 through the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (P.L. 90-448).

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Oxbow lake

An oxbow lake is a U-shaped lake that forms when a wide meander from the main stem of a river is cut off, creating a free-standing body of water.

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Recessional agriculture

Recessional agriculture is a form of agricultural cultivation that takes place on a floodplain.

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Red River Floodway

The Red River Floodway (Canal de dérivation de la rivière Rouge) is an artificial flood control waterway in Western Canada.

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Return period

A return period, also known as a recurrence interval (sometimes repeat interval) is an estimate of the likelihood of an event, such as an earthquake, flood, landslide, or a river discharge flow to occur.

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Riparian zone

A riparian zone or riparian area is the interface between land and a river or stream.

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River

A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river.

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Stream

A stream is a body of water with surface water flowing within the bed and banks of a channel.

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Tugay

Tugay, also spelt tugai, is a form of riparian forest or woodland associated with fluvial and floodplain areas in arid climates.

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United States Geological Survey

The United States Geological Survey (USGS, formerly simply Geological Survey) is a scientific agency of the United States government.

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Water stagnation

Water stagnation occurs when water stops flowing.

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Water-meadow

A water-meadow (also water meadow or watermeadow) is an area of grassland subject to controlled irrigation to increase agricultural productivity.

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Yellow River

The Yellow River or Huang He is the second longest river in Asia, after the Yangtze River, and the sixth longest river system in the world at the estimated length of.

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1887 Yellow River flood

The 1887 Yellow River flood was a devastating flood on the Yellow River (Huang He) in China.

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1931 China floods

The 1931 China floods or the 1931 Yangzi-Huai River floods were a series of devastating floods that occurred in the Republic of China.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floodplain

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