Thesaurus results for FLOODPLAIN

floodplain

noun

Definition of floodplain

as in basin

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as in grassland

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Recent Examples of floodplain Old channels linger as soft depressions across the floodplain, now filled with bog vegetation in muted shades of yellow, green, and brown—living traces of flowing water long since gone. — Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2026 Sediment cores from Little Packer Lake, in the Sacramento River floodplain, record floods of the same magnitude about every century or two going back a thousand years. — Sean MacAday, Sacbee.com, 20 Sep. 2026 The funding also includes more than $235,784 through FEMA’s Community Assistance Program – State Support Services Element to fund floodplain management practices. — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 20 Sep. 2026 There are also plans to build a wrought iron fence with masonry along Highway 10, and a wrought iron fence in the floodplain area. — Elizabeth Campbell, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for floodplain

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Noun

The first subterranean fish known to live in the Ganges basin was discovered after zoologists spotted it on TikTok and pumped it out of a borehole.

— J. B. MacKinnon, Harpers Magazine, 27 Oct. 2026
Winding through arid basins and rocky mountain passes, the road to the Adelanto ICE Processing Center climbs to 2,500 feet before opening into the vast expanses of the Mojave high desert.

— Aarne Heikkila, NBC news, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of basin

Noun

Chiricahua is a combination of climates The new national park features varying environments, from a desert landscape and grasslands to deciduous forest and chaparral shrub land to coniferous forest habitats.

— ABC News, ABC News, 21 Oct. 2026
The park spans roughly 12,000 acres of grasslands, desert scrub, riparian, and pine woodlands, which means there is a huge variety of wildlife and habitat types to see and explore.

— Jamie Spain, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of grassland

Noun

When the sun goes down, the wind picks up in central New Mexico, whipping through arid canyons with a ghostly howl that for centuries, locals have likened to the wails of the folkloric ghost La Llorona.

— Sara Herschander, Vox, 22 Oct. 2026
There is a pleasant little trail from the test plot that goes through the canyon.

— Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of canyon

Noun

In the postwar decades, humans seized ecosystems at breakneck speed—forests were felled, prairies plowed, wetlands drained.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2026
As with their neighbors to the south, residents of Canada’s western prairie and mountain provinces take pride in a pioneering spirit and rugged independence that have enabled them to prosper in often harsh terrain.

— the Monitor's Editorial Board, Christian Science Monitor, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of prairie

Noun

This includes street and alley resurfacings, sidewalk repairs, pothole repairs, and street safety improvements.

— Sabrina Franza, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026
Early use cases for individualized agents have included filing forms to have a pothole filled or messy telephone wires cleaned up, though these human response systems aren’t built to handle a massive uptick in requests.

— Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of pothole

Noun

The fires created open, savannah-like forests that were easier to travel through and supported diverse flora and fauna.

— M. R. O’Connor, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
While African savanna elephants are listed as endangered by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature, the southern African nation of Botswana has a large elephant population estimated at around 130,000, more than any other country.

— Sello Motseta, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of savanna

Noun

Covering 3,652 acres along the Wabash River, the Wabashiki Fish and Wildlife Area stretches across prairies, bottomland forests, and wetlands restored from farmland in 2010.

— Brian Garrido, Midwest Living, 13 Aug. 2026
Meeman-Shelby Forest State Park conserves nearly 13,000 acres of rare hardwood bottomland along the Mississippi River, including eerie bald cypress swamp.

— CNN.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 8 May 2026

Definition of bottomland

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