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Recent Examples of floodplain
The river will have the freedom to move and reconnect to floodplains.
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John Seabrook, New Yorker, 21 July 2025
To see if your home is situated on a floodplain, visit fema.gov/flood-maps and enter your address at: msc.fema.gov/portal/home.
Reuters reporter Nathan Layne contributed to this article.
—Chris Sims, Louisville Courier Journal, 11 June 2025
As the cherry on top, wildflowers also blanket the floodplains.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 11 June 2025
Although one study found that some areas are finally beginning to curb floodplain development, people keep building in perilous places.
—Tik Root, Wired News, 26 July 2025
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John Seabrook, New Yorker, 21 July 2025
To see if your home is situated on a floodplain, visit fema.gov/flood-maps and enter your address at: msc.fema.gov/portal/home.
Reuters reporter Nathan Layne contributed to this article.
—Chris Sims, Louisville Courier Journal, 11 June 2025
As the cherry on top, wildflowers also blanket the floodplains.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 11 June 2025
Although one study found that some areas are finally beginning to curb floodplain development, people keep building in perilous places.
—Tik Root, Wired News, 26 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for floodplain
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Schrodinger basin, a large impact crater near the moon’s south pole, shows evidence of geologically recent volcanic activity.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
4 Aug. 2025
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Mexico City — The governments of Mexico and the United States signed a memorandum of understanding on Thursday to fund and expedite several wastewater treatment projects in the Tijuana River basin.—
Avery Schmitz,
CNN Money,
25 July 2025
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Their large lungs pull oxygen from the thin air, and their leathery foot pads grip without damaging the fragile grasslands.—
David Nolan,
Smithsonian Magazine,
8 July 2025
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The research team captured adults of the new species in September in the Páramo de Guerrero’s high-altitude grasslands at an elevation of about 11,500 feet above sea level, the study said.—
Lauren Liebhaber
July 8,
Miami Herald,
8 July 2025
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The same button allows the driver to summon V-mode for canyon carving and track days.—
Mark Phelan,
Freep.com,
31 July 2025
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Excellent guide/driver combos take guests off-roading on geological Big 5 safari drives to see salt flats, geysers at 14,000 feet, canyons and dunes that rival Jordan and Utah, and a string of volcanoes that make this part of Chile one of the most active sites in the world.—
Laura Dannen Redman,
Robb Report,
28 July 2025
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There’s a spot in northwest Fort Worth that contains 3,700 acres of untouched and protected prairies, forests, wetlands and swamps.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
2 Aug. 2025
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Cottonmouth snake size How to identify a rattlesnake The habitat range of rattlesnakes reaches across the majority of the United States, primarily in the desert, mountains, prairies and along coastlines.—
Janet Loehrke,
USA Today,
11 July 2025
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The economists surveyed by The Wall Street Journal fell into the same pothole.—
George Calhoun,
Forbes.com,
30 July 2025
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The hot chip-sealing technique, which ITD first launched in 2024, involves placing hot asphalt atop the roadway and then sealing it with a surface layer of gravel and hot oil to shore up cracks and prevent potholes.—
Rose Evans
July 23,
Idaho Statesman,
23 July 2025
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Overlooking not only the river but the neighboring Gebbers’ family apple and cherry orchards, the heaving ridges and rugged gulches at Scarecrow lend themselves to speed slots, blind shots, punchbowl greens, and holes that boomerang around or play over massive waste areas.—
Erik Matuszewski,
Forbes.com,
1 Aug. 2025
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Three rock climbers were ascending a sport climbing route in a Colorado gulch when one of them fell to their death, officials said.—
Brooke Baitinger,
Sacbee.com,
30 July 2025
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Here, Hensman keeps a herd of seven African savanna elephants (Loxodonta africana).—
Ed Stoddard,
Smithsonian Magazine,
24 June 2025
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The species was once plentiful in Brazil’s savanna, or Cerrado, until farming and timber plantations took over the landscape, according to the zoo.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
18 June 2025
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Most of Camp 25 happened to be spread along the bottom of a ravine.—
Charles Pellegrino,
Rolling Stone,
6 Aug. 2025
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But the armed groups that succeeded him still control huge swathes of the surrounding hills, where the Garcia ravine that claimed Sara Millerey weaves around dusty apartment blocks.—
Ladan Anoushfar,
CNN Money,
6 Aug. 2025
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“Floodplain.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/floodplain. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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