Floodplains in a sentence

Her unique ability is called Arrival of Hapi, and it grants her +1 food and +1 culture for resources along floodplains.

In 1941, nobody who lived in the floodplains downriver were warned about the dam breaking and chaos broke loose as the water levels quickly rose.

Misra's relentless efforts to protect the river and its floodplains have had a profound impact.

Restoring more of the valley’s natural floodplains can also nourish ecosystems and help struggling populations of fish and other wildlife.

The Kasai Channel cuts the piece of land off from the rest of the Caprivi floodplains in the west.

The pastoralist said seeing the damage done to the Darling-Barka River had been "heartbreaking", and he was calling on the NT Government to protect iconic Top End rivers and floodplains and stop any plans to extract water from the systems.

The statement goes on to say that widespread flooding is not anticipated, however fast flowing water and flooding of low lying areas and natural floodplains may be expected.

They are to be found in such diverse environments as wetlands, watercourses and floodplains, alpine regions, tropical forests and a variety of range land and rural habitats.

What do natural floodplains look like and what do they do?

According to Watts, the restored stream bank will include associated floodplains of varying depths creating good habitat for amphibians, waterfowl and songbirds.

But infrastructure decisions—be it dams and levees or new housing developments in floodplains—can play a part in how devastating, or not, that event might be.

I board a light plane and soon I’m soaring high over the floodplains.

It is also pertinent to remove the illegal structures along the drains which have encroached along the floodplains and caused the narrowing of the drain in the first place,” added Shah.

Seasonal downpours cause frequent landslides and floods in Indonesia, a chain of 17,000 islands where millions of people live in mountainous areas or in fertile floodplains.

Food tiles include floodplains, grasslands, food-related resources (like Rice, Grain, or Fish), and some tiles when you can build camps (like Pigs).

He added it would be unrealistic to ban all development on floodplains, but it should only be done if there is no alternative, and any building that goes ahead should not increase the risk of flooding for other people.

Of that damage, more than 90% of claims occurred outside mapped floodplains.

Third, as a matter of fairness, when the Federal government determines it will participate in actions taking place in floodplains and wetlands, it must inform those who may be put at greater or continued risk.

The department has started creating reservoirs on floodplains with a deadline of a week to 10 days, after which officials expect the flooding cycle to begin.

The DG urged states and local governments to remove structures built within the floodplains, clear blocked drainages, culverts and other waterways as the country expect river and coastal flooding from the upper catchment of the Niger Basin to manifest.