Flood meadow

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

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:

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

Huhta, Ari‐Pekka, Rautio, Pasi (2014). Flood meadows in Finland - their development during the past century. Nordic Journal of Botany 32 (6): 858–70
Emma Rothero, Sophie Lake, David Gowing, eds. Floodplain Meadows – Beauty and Utility: A Technical Handbook Archived 2022-12-24 at the Wayback Machine (Floodplain Meadows Partnership; 2016)

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