flood plain - use in sentences

Converse of object

  • overlook: Pulborough, St Mary, like Wisborough Green's St. Peter, sits on high ground overlooking a flood plain of the River Arun.
  • have: The river has an extensive flood plain which is still regularly inundated.

Adjective modifier

  • alluvial: Fertile alluvial flood plains have been cleared for agriculture, making alluvial forest a threatened habitat at a European scale.
  • extensive: The river has an extensive flood plain which is still regularly inundated.
  • natural: Natural flood plains for any water spilling over the bank to settle until levels go down and it can run back into the river.
  • fertile: Fertile alluvial flood plains have been cleared for agriculture, making alluvial forest a threatened habitat at a European scale.

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