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floodplain

area of land adjacent to a stream or river which stretches from the banks of its channel to the base of the enclosing valley walls, and which experiences flooding during periods of high discharge
Class type of: landform, flood-prone area Q193110
floodplain
NASA Astronaut photograph ISS030-E-90012 · Public Domain · Wikimedia

Facts

7 properties
Subclass of
landform, flood-prone area
Described by source
Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, The New Student's Reference Work, "Kyrgyzstan" national encyclopedia[4][5][6][7][8]
Different from
flood plane, flood-prone area[11][12]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[13]
OpenStreetMap tag
natural=floodplain[3]
P14692
Bubbio[14]
Partially coincident with
lowland, land below sea level[9][10]
🏷️ Also known as
en floodplain en flood plain ar سهل فيضي ar السهول الفيضية ar سهول فيضية cs údolní niva cs niva cs říční niva da flodslette de Talaue de Aulandschaft de Bachaue de Auenlandschaft de Flussaue de Auengebiet de Aue de Talboden de Au el πλημμυρική περιοχή el πλημμυρική κοίτη
🔖 Identifiers · 29
Library of Congress authority ID
sh85049165
GND ID
4003484-7
OpenAlex ID
C155681218
Analysis & Policy Observatory term ID
97256
Arabic Ontology concept ID
293827
Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID
300132330
Australian Educational Vocabulary ID
scot/6270
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
11982784s
Encyclopedia of Modern Ukraine ID
14949
Environment Ontology ID
00000255
Freebase ID
/m/0j6jq
GEMET ID
15370
Show all 29 identifiers +17
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
elveslette
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
3151156
Great Russian Encyclopedia portal ID
poima-78bbbe
JSTOR topic ID (archived)
floodplains
KBpedia ID
PeriodicallyFloodedRegion
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
155681218
Museum-digital tag ID
39911, 70225
NALT ID
40585
NL CR AUT ID
ph123302, ph551529
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007535919705171
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810545375505606
SVKKL authority ID
0200575-nivy, 0284443-ricni-nivy
Topic's main category
Category:Floodplains
VerbaAlpina ID
C8172
Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija ID
salpa
WordNet 3.1 Synset ID
09304820-n
Yale LUX ID
concept/9d8f9c04-af67-47ad-927a-746e8437f674

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🔗 Connections
Examples 5
Spreewald, Mureș Floodplain Natural Park, Dunajské luhy Protected Landscape Area, Barotse Floodplain, Kühkopf-Knoblochsaue
Described by source 3
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language
Partially coincident with 2
lowland, land below sea level
← Partially coincident with 2
lowland, land below sea level
Named after 1
Auer
On focus list of Wikimedia project 1
Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
Subclass of 1
landform
Topic's main category 1
Category:Floodplains
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Floodplains
← Habitat 1
Equisetum hyemale
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Summary

floodplain is a type of landform[1] and flood-prone area[2].

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Influence

Things named for floodplain include Auer[15], a family name[16].

Why It Matters

Entities named for floodplain include Auer[15], a family name[16].

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  1. [16] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5w ago · Ottawajin · 2026-10-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    GEMET ID → 15370
    Wikipedia languages → ['als', 'ar', 'ba', 'bat_smg', 'be', 'be_x_old', 'bg', 'bh', 'bn', 'ca', 'ckb',
    Sitelink count → 69
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ GEMET ID: 15370, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/152599691|floodplain (#152599691)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/5959|GEMET ID]] #mix'n'matc"
  2. 9w ago · Ksn.kenny · 2026-08-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID → —
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID: science/floodplain"
  3. 11w ago · Lucidieaux · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14692 → Bubbio
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/48943|batch #48943]]: Add OSM wiki item IDs to items with matching OSM tags"
  4. 11w ago · SLuecke · 2026-08-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    VerbaAlpina ID → C8172
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ VerbaAlpina ID: C8172, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1786955435161"
  5. 21w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    SVKKL authority ID → 0200575-nivy, 0284443-ricni-nivy
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ SVKKL authority ID: 0200575-nivy, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259547|batch #259547]]"
  6. 23w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    On focus list of Wikimedia project → Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
    Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017) → 3151156
    Subclass of → —
    Different from → flood plane, flood-prone area
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ National Library of Israel J9U ID: 987007535919705171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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