Earth:Flood-meadow

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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

  1. ↑ 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. ↑ 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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