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floodplains

Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-002543

Lowland and relatively flat areas adjoining inland and coastal waters, including flood prone areas of islands. This land includes, at a minimum, those areas that are subject to a 1 percent or greater chance of flooding in any given year.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-002543
FieldAgriculture and food
SubjectFields of Study
Synonymsflood plains; floodlands
ReferencesAgriculture Fact Book, USDA; NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary
See alsolowlands; Pantanal; flood meadows; flood damage; floods; flooded conditions; alluvial plains
TranslationsSpanish: llanuras sujetas a inundaciones
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-002543",
  "term": "floodplains",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "Lowland and relatively flat areas adjoining inland and coastal waters, including flood prone areas of islands. This land includes, at a minimum, those areas that are subject to a 1 percent or greater chance of flooding in any given year.",
  "synonyms": [
    "flood plains",
    "floodlands"
  ],
  "subject": "Fields of Study",
  "see_also": [
    "lowlands",
    "Pantanal",
    "flood meadows",
    "flood damage",
    "floods",
    "flooded conditions",
    "alluvial plains"
  ],
  "references": [
    "Agriculture Fact Book, USDA",
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "llanuras sujetas a inundaciones"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/floodplains/"
}

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