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Floodplain vs Bottomland - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between floodplain and bottomland

is that floodplain is an alluvial plain that may or may not experience occasional or periodic flooding while bottomland is flat land along a river, lying few feet above normal high water, often consisting of alluvial deposits and naturally fertile.

floodplain

English

Noun

(flood plain) (en noun)
  • (geography) An alluvial plain that may or may not experience occasional or periodic flooding.

    • See also

    * alluvial plain

    bottomland

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia bottomland)
  • Flat land along a river, lying few feet above normal high water, often consisting of alluvial deposits and naturally fertile.

    • See also

    * floodplain