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Recent Examples of floodplain
Located in a floodplain, Indian Creek — which cuts through Leawood, Overland Park and Kansas City — is no stranger to flooding.
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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.
—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
Much of the Texas Medical Center, including the existing Ben Taub hospital, is already in the 500-year floodplain.
—Yilun Cheng, Houston Chronicle, 19 Mar. 2026
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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.
—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
Much of the Texas Medical Center, including the existing Ben Taub hospital, is already in the 500-year floodplain.
—Yilun Cheng, Houston Chronicle, 19 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for floodplain
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For these reasons, members of the public should never enter a pipe, drain, catch basin, manhole, or outfall.—
Brie Stimson,
FOXNews.com,
31 May 2026
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Many of these storms originate in the Eastern Pacific and drift west into the basin.—
Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA Today,
30 May 2026
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For decades, beekeepers have brought colonies to forage on grasslands in the region.—
Jennie L. Durant,
The Conversation,
26 May 2026
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Like the southeast, the Great Plains have been under intense drought for months and experienced strong winds and low humidity this season, which helped fan flames through tinder-dry grasslands.—
Kasha Patel,
CNN Money,
23 May 2026
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In December 2017, Said took some of his executives on a corporate retreat on the Iranian island of Qeshm, a fishing community with salt caves, mangrove forests, and dramatic canyons.—
Bozorgmehr Sharafedin,
The Atlantic,
1 June 2026
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The canyons are layered with color; evergreen junipers and chartreuse shrubs blanket the ground.—
Julia Sayers Gokhale,
Midwest Living,
1 June 2026
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Universities are also using their grounds as real-world conservation teaching opportunities, from Northern Iowa’s prairie grasslands to wetland preserves in Wisconsin.—
Maggie Slepian,
Longreads,
14 May 2026
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And in turn, the 867-foot monolith protruding from the surrounding Wyoming prairie like the stump of the world’s largest tree became a big draw for tourists.—
Marnie Hunter,
CNN Money,
14 May 2026
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But City Hall decides whether the pothole gets fixed, the park gets cleaned, the police show up, and the traffic light works.—
John Shallman,
Daily News,
30 May 2026
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The Royals’ rotation was among the best in baseball for the first six weeks of the season, but Kansas City’s starting pitchers have hit a collective pothole.—
Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
15 May 2026
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The landscape views are breathtaking since the terrain is so hilly and rocky (as opposed to the flat terrain of the savannah) and covered in Lebombo euphorbia, a cactus-like tree with a single trunk and an entire canopy of prickly, upright branches.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
3 June 2026
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From there, a chartered flight carried us over miles of unbroken forest canopy into the Rupununi, the vast savanna interior where the Amazon Basin meets the ancient Guiana Shield.—
Chantelle Kincy,
Travel + Leisure,
30 May 2026
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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.—
Katie Kelly Bell,
Forbes.com,
14 Apr. 2026
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The road to the potato patches — where the community grows most of its vegetables — crosses several large gulches that frequently spill tons of rock and soil onto the track, requiring regular maintenance.—
NPR,
NPR,
4 Apr. 2026
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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.—
CNN.com Wire Service,
Mercury News,
8 May 2026
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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.—
Kristy Christiansen,
Southern Living,
25 Dec. 2025
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“Floodplain.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/floodplain. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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