floodland

noun

Etymology

From flood + land.

  1. derived from *lendʰ-
  2. inherited from *landą
  3. inherited from *land
  4. inherited from land
  5. inherited from lond
  6. compounded as floodland — “flood + land

Definitions

  1. A low-lying area, especially on either side of a river, which regularly floods.

    • Important to the description of surface water and wetlands is the floodlands of rivers and streams. Floodlands are the wide, gently sloping areas contiguous to and usually lying on both sides of a river or stream channel.
    • This is the reason why there are fewer amphibia in the annual otter's diet in the River Pripyat floodlands (where there are virtually no common frogs) as compared to other large river basins.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA