Floodplain
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floodplain-178-16306021
title:
Floodplain
text:
A floodplain or flood plain or bottomlands is an area of land adjacent to a river. Floodplains stretch from the banks of a river channel to the base of the enclosing valley, and experience flooding during periods of high discharge. The soils usually consist of clays, silts, sands, and gravels deposited during floods. Because of regular flooding, floodplains frequently have high soil-fertility since nutrients are deposited with the flood waters. This can encourage farming; some important agricult
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Land adjacent to a water body which is flooded during periods of high water
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floodplain
date created:
2002-08-10T06:55:17Z
date modified:
2024-09-05T03:39:40Z
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image:
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13
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