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{{short description|Land adjacent to a river subject to seasonal flooding}}
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[[File:Flood-meadow near Hohenau.jpg|thumb|right|Flood-meadow near [[Hohenau an der March]]]]
[[File:Flood-meadow near Hohenau 01.jpg|thumb|right|The same meadow in spring]]

A '''flood-meadow''' (or '''floodmeadow''') is an area of [[grassland]] or [[pasture]] beside a [[river]], subject to seasonal [[flooding]].<ref>Huhta, Ari‐Pekka, Rautio, Pasi (2014). Flood meadows in Finland - their development during the past century. ''[[Nordic Journal of Botany]]'' 32 (6): 858–70</ref> Flood-meadows are distinct from [[water-meadow]]s in that the latter are artificially created and maintained, with flooding controlled<ref name=Rothero>Emma Rothero, Sophie Lake, David Gowing, eds. ''[https://www.floodplainmeadows.org.uk/sites/default/files/files/Floodplain%20Meadows%20-%20Beauty%20and%20Utility%20A%20Technical%20Handbook.pdf Floodplain Meadows – Beauty and Utility: A Technical Handbook] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221224192225/https://www.floodplainmeadows.org.uk/sites/www.floodplainmeadows.org.uk/files/Floodplain%20Meadows%20-%20Beauty%20and%20Utility%20A%20Technical%20Handbook.pdf |date=2022-12-24 }}'' (Floodplain Meadows Partnership; 2016)</ref> on a seasonal and even daily basis.

== Examples ==
[[File:Kasari luht 3.JPG|thumb|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:
* [[Emajõgi|Emajõe]] flood-meadow
* [[Kasari River|Kasari]], [[Matsalu National Park]]
Finland:
* [[Mattholmsfladan]], [[Pargas]]
* [[Levänluhta]], [[Isokyrö]]
Ireland:
* [[Shannon Callows]]
United Kingdom:
* [[Angel & Greyhound Meadow, Oxford]]
* [[Christchurch Meadows, Reading|Christchurch Meadows]], [[Reading, Berkshire|Reading]]
* [[Christ Church Meadow, Oxford|Christ Church Meadow]], [[Oxford]]
* [[Mill Meadows, Henley-on-Thames|Mill Meadows]], [[Henley-on-Thames]]
* [[Port Meadow, Oxford]]
* [[Mottey Meadows]], [[Staffordshire]]<ref name=Rothero />
* Riverside Park, [[St Neots#Geography|St Neots]], [[Cambridgeshire]]

==References==
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== See also ==
{{Portal|Wetlands}}
*[[Coastal plain]]
*[[Field (agriculture)|Field]]
*[[Flooded grasslands and savannas]]
*[[Plain]]
*[[Prairie]]
*[[Riparian zone]]
*[[Wet meadow]]
*[[Floodplain]]
*[[Berm]]

{{Rivers, streams and springs}}
{{Wetlands}}

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[[Category:Riparian zone]]
[[Category:Meadows]]
[[Category:Rivers]]
[[Category:Environmental terminology]]
[[Category:Water and the environment]]


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