floodplain

n.

泛滥平原，涝原，漫滩；

1. Oxbow lakes, the floodplain, dry streams and tributaries, waves beating against the shore.
   牛轭湖，河漫滩，干流和支流，浪涛击打的河岸。
2. The people living on the floodplain area can get on well with the nature only there are few chances for flooding.
   洪水漫滩机会减小了，才能使黄河滩区人民与自然和谐相处。

Understanding Large River-Floodplain Ecosystems
The flood pulse concept in river-floodplain systems
the flood pulse concept in river-floodplain ecosystems
Biodiversity of floodplain river ecosystems: ecotones and connectivity1
River Fisheries. (Book Reviews: Fisheries Ecology of Floodplain Rivers)
The serial discontinuity concept: Extending the model to floodplain rivers
Dynamic stability in dry season food webs within tropical floodplain rivers
Ecological impacts of dams, water diversions and river management on floodplain wetlands in Australia
Effects of resource availability and heterogeneity on the slope of the species-area curve along a floodplain-upland gradient.
Hydrological connectivity, and the exchange of organic matter and nutrients in a dynamic river–floodplain system (Danube, Aust...