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Recent Examples of floodplain
The proposal includes building on a floodplain near an old, unlined dump that could leach toxic chemicals.
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Daniel Lempres,
Sacbee.com,
28 Apr. 2026
Preventative measures In order to better mitigate future flooding, the Leawood City Council voted to approve an Indian Creek Watershed Master Plan last December, which would help the city identify potential solutions for areas along 103rd Street to College Avenue that are in the floodplain.
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Taylor O'Connor,
Kansas City Star,
27 Apr. 2026
The Newaygo County Emergency Services ordered an evacuation Thursday morning for residents in the floodplain below Croton Dam along the Muskegon River in that West Michigan community.
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Paula Wethington,
CBS News,
16 Apr. 2026
Biologists say salmon populations have declined due to a combination of factors, including dams, which have blocked off spawning areas, the loss of vital floodplain habitats and global warming, which is intensifying droughts and causing warmer temperatures in rivers.
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Ian James,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Apr. 2026
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Daniel Lempres,
Sacbee.com,
28 Apr. 2026
Preventative measures In order to better mitigate future flooding, the Leawood City Council voted to approve an Indian Creek Watershed Master Plan last December, which would help the city identify potential solutions for areas along 103rd Street to College Avenue that are in the floodplain.
—
Taylor O'Connor,
Kansas City Star,
27 Apr. 2026
The Newaygo County Emergency Services ordered an evacuation Thursday morning for residents in the floodplain below Croton Dam along the Muskegon River in that West Michigan community.
—
Paula Wethington,
CBS News,
16 Apr. 2026
Biologists say salmon populations have declined due to a combination of factors, including dams, which have blocked off spawning areas, the loss of vital floodplain habitats and global warming, which is intensifying droughts and causing warmer temperatures in rivers.
—
Ian James,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for floodplain
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The original treaty was negotiated by the upper basin states of Colorado, Wyoming, Utah and New Mexico as well as the three Lower Basin states of Arizona, Nevada and California.
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The wire seals certify a vessel had either been decontaminated and inspected for invasive species or was last launched in the Lake Tahoe basin, agency officials said in a news release.
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The sun shined on the battlefield area, a wide-open grassland with few trees, mountains in the distance.
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The medium-sized bats primarily live in arid grasslands, desert scrublands, and dry tropical forests.
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At Garland Ranch, trails climb from the Carmel River through oak woodland, chaparral and shaded canyons with the sort of views that drew people to California in the first place.
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The Colorado River Headwaters Byway is an 80-mile National Scenic Byway that winds through mountain towns, passing alpine lakes, hot springs, and canyon overlooks.
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For outdoor adventurers, nearby Myakka River State Park delivers with a canopy walkway through pineland, prairie, and wetlands.
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Now, each year, the vineyard brings in roughly 120 to 130 sheep, which rotate through the property’s oak habitat and upland prairie habitat over the course of a few months.
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That progress hit a large pothole in the fifth inning at Rate Field as the White Sox scored seven times, chasing Sasaki from the game and going on to beat the Dodgers, 8-2.
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Experts logged the location of every bump in the road and every pothole.
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Across the Amazon rainforest, cerrado savanna, Atlantic Forest, Pantanal wetland, Caatinga scrub and Pampa grassland, the country’s plant life seems less like one national inheritance than several botanical worlds sharing a border.
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Set on a tiny, exceedingly private spit of land deep inside a national park, the property spans wetlands, savanna, and Rwanda’s quintessential hillscapes.
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Head right, and there came public land, the Shasta-Trinity National Forest with its creeks and gulches and two-bit towns like Peanut and Beegum.
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The cocktail menu is a nod to the gulch’s history and Atlanta’s evolution—and revelers will also love the very champagne-forward wine list.
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Meeman-Shelby Forest State Park conserves nearly 13,000 acres of rare hardwood bottomland along the Mississippi River, including eerie bald cypress swamp.
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Go for a Hike at Woodlands Conservancy Hike through one of the region’s last remaining stands of bottomland hardwood forest at the Woodlands Preserve.
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“Floodplain.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/floodplain. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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