Meanings
plural floodplains · alternative flood plain
- geographyA low-lying plain adjacent to a river subject to flooding during periods of high rainfall or at high tide.
tidal floodplain
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Near-synonyms: bottomland, bottomlands
Synonyms: alluvial plain, bottomland, bottomlands
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA low-lying plain adjacent to a river subject to flooding during periods of high rainfall or at high tide.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna low plain adjacent to a river that is formed chiefly of river sediment and is subject to flooding
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Catalan plana d'inundació
- plana d'inundacióa plain formed by the deposition of flooding
Chinese Mandarin 河漫灘 /河漫滩
- 河漫灘 /河漫滩 (hémàntān)a plain formed by the deposition of flooding
Danish flodslette
- flodslettea plain formed by the deposition of flooding
Dutch uiterwaard
- uiterwaarda plain formed by the deposition of flooding
Finnish tulvatasanko
- tulvatasankoa plain formed by the deposition of flooding
French lit majeur
- lit majeura plain formed by the deposition of flooding
German Flussaue, Aue
- Flussauea plain formed by the deposition of flooding
- Auea plain formed by the deposition of flooding
- Aua plain formed by the deposition of flooding
- Überschemmungsgebieta plain formed by the deposition of flooding
Hebrew מִישׁוֹר הֲצָפָה
- מִישׁוֹר הֲצָפָה (mishór hatsafá)a plain formed by the deposition of flooding
Hungarian ártér
- ártéra plain formed by the deposition of flooding
Indonesian dataran banjir
- dataran banjira plain formed by the deposition of flooding
Italian golena
- golenaa plain formed by the deposition of flooding
Japanese はんらん源
- はんらん源 (hanrangen)a plain formed by the deposition of flooding
Korean 범람원
- 범람원 (beomlam-won)a plain formed by the deposition of flooding
Norwegian Bokmål flomslette
- flomslettea plain formed by the deposition of flooding
Persian دشت سیلابی
- دشت سیلابی (dašt-e seylâbi)a plain formed by the deposition of flooding
Polish terasa zalewowa, równina zalewowa
- terasa zalewowaa plain formed by the deposition of flooding
- równina zalewowaa plain formed by the deposition of flooding
- taras zalewowya plain formed by the deposition of flooding
- obszar zalewowya plain formed by the deposition of flooding
Portuguese várzea, vargem
- várzeaa plain formed by the deposition of flooding
- vargema plain formed by the deposition of flooding
Romanian luncă
- luncăa plain formed by the deposition of flooding
Russian по́йма
- по́йма (pójma)a plain formed by the deposition of flooding
Spanish terreno inundable, llanura aluvial inundable
- terreno inundablea plain formed by the deposition of flooding
- llanura aluvial inundablea plain formed by the deposition of flooding
- vega inundablea plain formed by the deposition of flooding
Tagalog bahaing kapatagan
- bahaing kapatagana plain formed by the deposition of flooding
Ukrainian запла́ва
- запла́ва (zapláva)a plain formed by the deposition of flooding
Vietnamese bãi bồi
- bãi bồia plain formed by the deposition of flooding
Welsh gorlifdir
- gorlifdira plain formed by the deposition of flooding
Cite this entry
floodplain. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/floodplain
“floodplain.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/floodplain. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “floodplain,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/floodplain.
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