floodplain

Summary

floodplain ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (917 views/month).^[1]

Key Facts

• floodplain is a type of landform^[2].
• floodplain is a type of flood-prone area^[3].
• floodplain's Commons category is recorded as Floodplains^[4].
• floodplain's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Floodplains^[5].
• floodplain's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as natural=floodplain^[6].
• floodplain's described by source is recorded as Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language^[7].
• floodplain's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[8].
• floodplain's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[9].
• floodplain's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work^[10].
• floodplain's described by source is recorded as "Kyrgyzstan" national encyclopedia^[11].
• floodplain's partially coincident with is recorded as lowland^[12].
• floodplain's partially coincident with is recorded as land below sea level^[13].
• floodplain's different from is recorded as flood plane^[14].
• floodplain's different from is recorded as flood-prone area^[15].
• floodplain's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4^[16].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include landform^[2] and flood-prone area^[3].

Influence

Things named for floodplain include Auer^[17], a family name^[18].

Why It Matters

floodplain ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (917 views/month).^[1] floodplain has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[19] floodplain is known by 37 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[20]

Entities named for floodplain include Auer^[17], a family name^[18].