Definitions for "FLOOD PLAIN"
The lowlands adjoining the channel of a river, stream, or watercourse, or ocean, lake, or other body of standing water, which have been or may be inundated by flood water. The channel of a stream or watercourse is part of the floodplain.
The lowland which borders a river, usually dry but subject to flooding. Also the portion of a river valley which has been inundated by the river during historic floods.
Area in the Walnut Grove near the highway bridge