flood meadow
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thumb|right|Flood-meadow near Hohenau an der March thumb|right|The same meadow in spring
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thumb|right|Flood-meadow near Hohenau an der March thumb|right|The same meadow in spring
A flood-meadow (or floodmeadow) is an area of grassland or pasture beside a river, subject to seasonal flooding. Flood-meadows are distinct from water-meadows in that the latter are artificially created and maintained, with flooding controlled on a seasonal and even daily basis.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “flood meadow” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.