| I could see across the flood plain towards rivers of blue glacial ice cascading down from the flanks of distant mountains. |
| According to the RSPB, the River Earn is cut off from its natural flood plain by earth embankments protecting agricultural land. |
| The height of the diversionary structure will allow water exceeding a two-year flood stage to flow onto an adjacent flood plain. |
| By following the contour lines on an Ordnance Survey map it is clear that the vast majority of the land area is above the flood plain. |
| To the north is the main wine-growing region, the flood plain of the Wairau River. |
| The most central region culturally and economically is the lowland flood plain of the Mekong River and Tonle Sap Lake. |
