floodland

floodland

English

Etymology

flood +‎ land

Noun

floodland pl (plural only)

1. A low-lying area, especially on either side of a river, which regularly floods.
   • 1978, Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission, A park and recreation plan for Ozaukee County:

     Important to the description of surface water and wetlands is the floodlands of rivers and streams. Floodlands are the wide, gently sloping areas contiguous to and usually lying on both sides of a river or stream channel.

   • 1979, United States Environmental Protection Agency, The IJC Menomonee River watershed study, page 59:

     The third type of surface water storage area consists of the floodlands generally associated with streams and water courses. Because of the absence of major lakes and the small areas of remaining wetlands, floodlands constitute the main  […]

   • 1991, The Soviet Journal of Ecology, volume 22, page 368:

     This is the reason why there are fewer amphibia in the annual otter's diet in the River Pripyat floodlands (where there are virtually no common frogs) as compared to other large river basins.

   • 2018, John R. Clark, Coastal Zone Management Handbook, CRC Press (→ISBN):

     Drainage — During a storm, any part of the floodlands not reached by the flood can retain water in its soils and hydrological system, thereby reducing the probable height of the floodwaters.

Anagrams

• landflood