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Land adjacent to a river subject to seasonal flooding

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Aflood-meadow (orfloodmeadow) is an area ofgrassland orpasture beside ariver, subject to seasonalflooding.^[1] Flood-meadows are distinct fromwater-meadows in that the latter are artificially created and maintained, with flooding controlled^[2] on a seasonal and even daily basis.

Examples

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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:

Ireland:

Shannon Callows

United Kingdom:

References

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^Huhta, Ari‐Pekka, Rautio, Pasi (2014). Flood meadows in Finland - their development during the past century.Nordic Journal of Botany 32 (6): 858–70
^^a ^bEmma Rothero, Sophie Lake, David Gowing, eds.Floodplain Meadows – Beauty and Utility: A Technical Handbook Archived 2022-12-24 at theWayback Machine (Floodplain Meadows Partnership; 2016)

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