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Short description: Land adjacent to a river subject to seasonal flooding

Flood-meadow near Hohenau an der March

The same meadow in spring

A flood-meadow (or floodmeadow) is an area of grassland or pasture beside a river, subject to seasonal flooding.^[1] Flood-meadows are distinct from water-meadows in that the latter are artificially created and maintained, with flooding controlled^[2] on a seasonal and even daily basis.

Examples

Kasari flood-meadow in early spring. Matsalu National Park, Estonia

Austria:

Hohenau an der March

Bosnia and Herzegovina:

List of karst polje in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Estonia:

Emajõe flood-meadow
Kasari, Matsalu National Park

Finland:

Mattholmsfladan, Pargas
Levänluhta, Isokyrö

Ireland:

Shannon Callows

United Kingdom:

Angel & Greyhound Meadow, Oxford
Christchurch Meadows, Reading
Christ Church Meadow, Oxford
Mill Meadows, Henley-on-Thames
Port Meadow, Oxford
Mottey Meadows, Staffordshire^[2]
Riverside Park, St Neots, Cambridgeshire

References

↑ Huhta, Ari‐Pekka, Rautio, Pasi (2014). Flood meadows in Finland - their development during the past century. Nordic Journal of Botany 32 (6): 858–70
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Emma Rothero, Sophie Lake, David Gowing, eds. Floodplain Meadows – Beauty and Utility: A Technical Handbook (Floodplain Meadows Partnership; 2016)

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Surface runoff	Agricultural wastewater treatment Effluent First flush Urban runoff Wastewater
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River engineering	Aqueduct Balancing lake Canal Check dam Dam Drop structure Daylighting Detention basin Erosion control Fish ladder Floodplain restoration Flume Infiltration basin Leat Levee Retention basin Revetment Riparian zone restoration Stream restoration Weir
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Classification systems	Wetland classification A Directory of Important Wetlands in Australia National Wetlands Inventory Ramsar Convention
Organizations	Bangladesh Haor and Wetland Development Board Delta Waterfowl Foundation Ducks Unlimited Wetlands International Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust

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Flood-meadow

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