A flood-meadow (or floodmeadow) is an area of grassland or pasture beside a river, subject to seasonal flooding.Huhta, Ari‐Pekka, Rautio, Pasi (2014). Flood meadows in Finland - their development during the past century. Nordic Journal of Botany 32 (6): 858–70 Flood-meadows are distinct from water-meadows in that the latter are artificially created and maintained, with flooding controlledEmma Rothero, Sophie Lake, David Gowing, eds. Floodplain Meadows – Beauty and Utility: A Technical Handbook (Floodplain Meadows Partnership; 2016) 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

See also

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

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