Across an expanse of the Potomac floodplain, airplanes were landing at National Airport.

跨过宽阔的波托·马克河漫滩，飞机在国家机场降落。

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She hopes Ameren will, as she puts it, "do the right thing" and not build a landfill in the floodplain.

她希望阿莫林公司做“正确的事”，而不是在河滩上建掩埋场。

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Dams in Africa have meant fewer fish, less grazing and less floodplain agriculture — none of which were anticipated.

在非洲建水坝意味着渔业减产，草场减产，洪水泛滥区农业产量下降，所有这些都是事先未预料到的。

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Scarred foothills converged on the floodplain where villages were marked by the yellow blaze of poplars.

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Spokesman Mark Douch said the possibility of restoring a floodplain near Newhaven had been investigated.

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Embankments were built around Banbury to disperse water into a floodplain after flooding in 2007.

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