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flood plain
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flood plain

Any normally dry land that is susceptible of being covered by water from any natural source.



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encourages development in flood plains without determining whether threatened or
Managing water resources in a time of global change; mountains, valleys and flood plains.
Scientists and environmentalists have complained for years that filling or building in flood plains near rivers from the Nisqually to the Stillaguamish can destroy the stream-side channels that fish flee to when trying to escape rushing floodwaters.
 
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