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


== Examples ==

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
Riverside Park, St Neots, Cambridgeshire


== References ==


== See also ==

Coastal plain
Field
Flooded grasslands and savannas
Plain
Prairie
Riparian zone
Wet meadow
Floodplain
Berm