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floodplain  

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  • A floodplain is one of the ubiquitous fluvial features found along major rivers. It is a wide, flat plain of alluvium on either side of a river extending to the base of a valley that is seasonally inundated. [Source: Encyclopedia of Geography; Floodplain]

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