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Related topics: Geography, Geology
ˈflood plain noun [countableC]
SGthe large area of flat land on either side of a river that is sometimes covered with water when the river becomes too full 〔河边的〕洪泛区,泛滥平原,涝原
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flood plain• Her dammed-up intelligence overflowed like a flood plain.• The little town crowns a low plateau just out of reach of the flood plain of the nearby Deerfield River.