bottomland

Englisch - Englisch

Definition von bottomland im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

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

Etymologie

[ 'bä-t&m-"land ] (noun.) 1728. bottom +‎ land