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Flooding in spring, in the floodplain of the Danube, in the Nationalpark Donau-Auen
A Flood plain or Floodplain is a plain or nearly flat surface close to the bed of a river or stream. If there is little water in the river, the plain will be dry, if there is a lot of water, the surplus water will flood this area. Floodplains provide habitats for many plants and animals.
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Paraná River Floodplain, at its confluence as his right headstream Paranaíba with the Verde River near Panorama, Brazil. Astronaut photo, 2012.
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View of the flood plain following a 1 in 10 year flood on the Isle of Wight
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Gravel floodplain of a glacial river near the Snow Mountains in Alaska, 1902
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Entrenched river: The Virgin River at the upper end of Zion Canyon, Zion National Park, Utah, has almost no floodplain at all.
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Aggradation and plantation: The Laramie River meanders across its floodplain in Albany County, Wyoming, 1949.
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Aggradational floodplain: This floodplain of a small meandering stream in La Plata County, Colorado, is underlain by silt deposited above a dam formed by a terminal moraine left by the Wisconsin Glacier.
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Riparian vegetation on the floodplain of the Lynches River close to Johnsonville, South Carolina. These tupelo and cypress trees show the high-water mark of flooding.