Scarred foothills converged on the floodplain where villages were marked by the yellow blaze of poplars.
Spokesman Mark Douch said the possibility of restoring a floodplain near Newhaven had been investigated.
Embankments were built around Banbury to disperse water into a floodplain after flooding in 2007.
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Terri Turner is the Development Administrator, Floodplain Manager, and Hazard Mitigation Specialist for Augusta, Georgia.
If you live on the coast, on a floodplain, near a river, or on an island waterway.
Near Glynde, I crossed the Ouse: the river mucky-banked, beginning to loop as it neared its floodplain and the sea.
By virtue of the new model and remote sensing data fresh floodplain maps may be prepared, replacing the present one.
The camps into which they have poured are on a vast floodplain.
Through these organizations, I have been blessed to be mentored by the best and brightest in the planning, floodplain management, and hazard mitigation fields.
In essence, No Adverse Impact floodplain management takes place when the actions of one property owner are not allowed to adversely affect the rights of other property owners.
We want to make sure they're not in the floodplain because, unfortunately, we've had experiences over the years where we placed mobile homes inappropriately and people died as a result of subsequent storms.
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Several millennia ago, the bay was a huge open floodplain, but rising sea levels and geological shifts submerged the land and created a network of 40-odd islands, for which the bay is now famous.
The open savannahs of the Mkata floodplain, at the heart of the park, are reminiscent of the famous Serengeti plains and a popular feeding ground for herd animals such as elephants, giraffe, zebra and wildebeest.
One of the major functions of the biosphere reserve is to provide a possibility for the revival and modernization of floodplain management, which would ensure an extra source of living for local people, and help preserve the natural values of the floodplain region.
The Ouse Washes includes a large floodplain which is looked after by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds and provides a habitat for the Bewick's swan and whooper swan and wintering birds of prey, including the hen harrier, merlin, peregrine falcon and short-eared owl.
While it's true that the National Ecosystem Assessment doesn't provide a mechanism for transferring the costs of environmental degradation onto the farmer or developer who wants to plough up a wood or concrete over a floodplain, the scientists who compiled the report say decisions about how to implement their findings should be left to legislators.
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