floodplain
area of land adjacent to a stream or river which stretches from the banks of its channel to the base of the enclosing valley walls, and which experiences flooding during periods of high discharge
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floodplain
Summary
floodplain ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (514 views/month).[1]
Key Facts
- floodplain's image is recorded as Paraná River Floodplain.jpg[2].
- floodplain's image is recorded as Floodislewight.jpg[3].
- floodplain's GND ID is recorded as 4003484-7[4].
- floodplain's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85049165[5].
- floodplain's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 11982784s[6].
- floodplain's subclass of is recorded as landform[7].
- floodplain's subclass of is recorded as flood-prone area[8].
- floodplain's Commons category is recorded as Floodplains[9].
- floodplain's pronunciation audio is recorded as LL-Q13955 (ara)-Spotless Mind1988-سهل فيضي.wav[10].
- floodplain's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0j6jq[11].
- floodplain's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ph123302[12].
- floodplain's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ph551529[13].
- floodplain's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Floodplains[14].
- floodplain's Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID is recorded as 300132330[15].
- floodplain's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as natural=floodplain[16].
- floodplain's described by source is recorded as Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language[17].
- floodplain's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[18].
- floodplain's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[19].
- floodplain's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work[20].
- floodplain's described by source is recorded as "Kyrgyzstan" national encyclopedia[21].
- floodplain's partially coincident with is recorded as lowland[22].
- floodplain's partially coincident with is recorded as land below sea level[23].
- floodplain's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as science/floodplain[24].
- floodplain's different from is recorded as flood plane[25].
- floodplain's different from is recorded as flood-prone area[26].
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Works and Contributions
Things named for floodplain include Auer[27], a family name[28].
Why It Matters
floodplain ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (514 views/month).[1] floodplain has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] floodplain is known by 37 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]
Entities named for floodplain include Auer[27], a family name[28].