Flood-meadow

The same meadow in spring

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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.

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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:

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
Riverside Park, St Neots, Cambridgeshire

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