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Recent Examples of floodplain
The river's floodplain forests are also struggling.
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Madeline Heim, Journal Sentinel, 22 Apr. 2024
The 3-and-a-half-mile-long stretch of wall was being built right on the banks of the Rio Grande, in the floodplain, one of the few places where Texas desert plants could actually get water.
—Outside Online, 16 Oct. 2024
Follow that path under a railroad bridge to a boat landing, then go by foot through the woods until the floodplain opens out flat in front of you, revealing more than 100 sacred mounds built by Native Americans thousands of years ago.
—Frank Vaisvilas, Journal Sentinel, 14 Oct. 2024
The Blue Hole Trail is just half-mile long and an easy meander through the forest and cypress floodplain to Blue Hole Spring.
—Terry Ward, Travel + Leisure, 20 Sep. 2024
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Madeline Heim, Journal Sentinel, 22 Apr. 2024
The 3-and-a-half-mile-long stretch of wall was being built right on the banks of the Rio Grande, in the floodplain, one of the few places where Texas desert plants could actually get water.
—Outside Online, 16 Oct. 2024
Follow that path under a railroad bridge to a boat landing, then go by foot through the woods until the floodplain opens out flat in front of you, revealing more than 100 sacred mounds built by Native Americans thousands of years ago.
—Frank Vaisvilas, Journal Sentinel, 14 Oct. 2024
The Blue Hole Trail is just half-mile long and an easy meander through the forest and cypress floodplain to Blue Hole Spring.
—Terry Ward, Travel + Leisure, 20 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for floodplain
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The basin stretches over eastern Montana, western North Dakota and South Dakota and the southern Canadian province of Saskatchewan.Judith Kohler, The Denver Post, 7 Nov. 2024
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The first large-scale venture by Oxy, costing $1.3 billon in the Permian basin of West Texas, is called Stratos.Ian Dexter Palmer, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2024
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Since then, the mammals, who are highly adaptable and can live in towns and cities as well as forests and grasslands, have bred swiftly.Jack Guy, CNN, 31 Oct. 2024
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The World Resources Institute noted that 1.7 gallons of corn ethanol are required to make 1 gallon of sustainable aviation fuel — necessitating corn acreage expansion that could jeopardize forests and grasslands.Sharon Udasin, The Hill, 31 Oct. 2024
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Book From $171 per night Crash Beside the Tennessee River in This Cozy Chattanooga Cabin with a Watchtower Soak up the Tennessee River Gorge’s grandeur from a pet-friendly waterfront cabin in the heart of this dramatic river canyon.Stephanie Vermillion, Outside Online, 6 Nov. 2024
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Still, an audience of about 30 gathered to sit and look out over the canyon.Lane Sainty, The Arizona Republic, 3 Nov. 2024
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At this National Natural Landmark and a National Historic District, visitors will encounter a wide range of ecosystems including a deciduous forest, an oak savanna, a prairie and wetlands.Michele Herrmann, Forbes, 5 Oct. 2024
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Currently, there’s not a ton of great data about duck recruitment or survival rates on the prairie (biologists are working on it, and have theories about everything from habitat to predators like ravens).Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 11 Sep. 2024
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So given the potential roads and potholes, where might Comcast go next and what are the implications?Howard Homonoff, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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However, the road there is fraught with potential potholes, a couple of which Cherundolo’s team steered around Sunday.Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2024
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The skies are the star attraction at Clear Sky Resorts Bryce Canyon, a new property set in a quiet gulch just 16 miles southeast of Bryce Canyon National Park.Alison Osius, Outside Online, 1 Nov. 2024
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The Owyhee Canyonlands, with stunning red gulches, winding rivers and a moon-like landscape where a volcano with a caldera once 600 times larger than Mount St. Helens erupted, stands as the largest unprotected wilderness area in the American West.Sally Krutzig, Idaho Statesman, 23 May 2024
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Tigers can be found in a diverse range of habitats, from tropical rainforests to savannas, according to the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF).Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 19 Sep. 2024
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Visitors can wander through a tropical rainforest and savanna grasslands, and even smell an ocean complete with coral reef.Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 26 Oct. 2024
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Inside Lebanon, the politicians who, together with Hezbollah, had driven the country into an economic ravine now began jockeying for power: Could Amal, the other main Shiite party, seize the advantage?Kim Ghattas, The Atlantic, 2 Nov. 2024
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Efforts were ongoing on Saturday morning to recover some of the bodies that had fallen into a ravine, a local government official who asked not to be named told Reuters.Reuters, NBC News, 27 Oct. 2024
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“Floodplain.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/floodplain. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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