Land that is periodically flooded by a river or stream.
泛滥地，河漫滩
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‘I have got information from the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister that states quite clearly that houses should not be built on flood plains and washland,’ she said.
The Government and the Environment Agency are now looking at other more traditional solutions to the threat of flooding, such as introducing washland and wetland to contain water.
Other options include maintaining the site as a washland to store water during flooding, which it does at the moment, or creating a wetland in partnership with other organisations to encourage more ecology.
He claimed that part of the land on which 500 new homes are to be built was also washland.
The wall at Pinfold Cottage will be repaired and a short section of new embankment is also proposed next to the washland.