bottomland

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Flat land along a river, lying few feet above normal high water, often consisting of alluvial deposits and naturally fertile
lowlands along streams and rivers, usually on floodplains and supporting hardwood forests
A lowland, usually highly fertile, along a stream; an alluvial plain (Bates & Jackson 1984)
Lowlands along streams and rivers, usually on alluvial floodplains that are periodically flooded
floodplain of a stream
Low lying land, near a water course or in a valley or similar geographic contour
low-lying alluvial land near a river
Low-lying land along a watercourse, in contrast to upland