flood plain
flood-plain
floodplain

The army following them seemed to cover the entire flood plain.

Large areas are kept free of buildings to provide a flood plain.

The area is level, part of the creek's former flood plain.

"The basic problem is how to get people off the flood plain," he said.

"Our concern was for the families to get out of the flood plain," he said.

The town has since adopted a flood plain management plan.

"Some of the homes in the flood plain should be moved," he said.

Sacramento County officials have been trying to buy some private land in the flood plain.

Certainly, our problem would be solved if there were less building in the flood plain.

What this has come to mean is the flood plain of the Mississippi.

It has a population of 3100 people (2001) and was built on a flood plain.

The site is to be found on a spur above the flood plain.

At the same time, the city bought 100 houses on the flood plain and turned the area into a park.

This river must have formed the flood plain during that age.

The majority of the flood plain was made into large parks.

It's an old flood plain, came into production thirty years ago.

It became the first town to accept federal funds to move out of a flood plain.

Some families that moved weren't even in the flood plain.

There is a wide diversity of growth within the flood plain.

Now, would they commit themselves to cross the flood plain?

"The principles of flood plain management are now well known," he said.

These gradually build up to create the floor of the flood plain.

This has pushed many people into flood plains, something they often find out only when it is too late.

The flooding set a new "500 year flood plain" for the area.

The town was partially built on the river's flood plain.