It is a flat or almost flat surface next to a stream or river that encounters occasional or periodic flooding. It includes the floodway, which consists of the stream channel and the adjacent areas that carry the flood flow, as well as the flood fringe, which are areas covered by the flood but they are not characterised by heavy flow.
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