Examples of floodplain in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web After flooding in 2019 breached a levee in northwest Missouri on the Missouri River, for example, the levee was moved back to create more than 1,000 acres of floodplain and added wetlands. — Michael Phillis, ajc, 18 Apr. 2022 One of my favorite bakeries and cafés in Podil, a historic neighborhood on the floodplain of the Dnieper River, had reopened. — The New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2022 The project, on the south side of Loop 1604 just west of the University of Texas at San Antonio’s main campus, sits partly in a floodplain, according to San Antonio River Authority maps. — Elena Bruess, San Antonio Express-News, 26 Feb. 2022 In all, the eight-phase project is designed to reduce the number of homes in the floodplain by about 450. — Scott Huddleston, San Antonio Express-News, 11 Jan. 2022 Some of the property that is under development is located on a floodplain, according to the San Antonio River Authority's online maps that show flood risks across the city. — Malak Silmi, San Antonio Express-News, 8 Dec. 2021 As a city that sits on a floodplain, London has already taken some important steps. — Mark Landler, New York Times, 2 Aug. 2021 Thousands of workers settled on the coastal floodplain. — Eric Klinenberg, The New York Review of Books, 22 Oct. 2020 In addition to expanding the underground culvert near the road, downstream another culvert will be removed and a floodplain reestablished with native trees and shrubs to slow the velocity of the stream. — John Benson, cleveland, 16 Feb. 2022 See More

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