first bottom

first bottom
   (not recommended: colloquial: Midwestern USA - use flood-plain step)
   An obsolete, informal term loosely applied to the lowest flood-plain steps that experience regular flooding. However, the frequency of flooding is inconsistently specified.
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Glossary of landform and geologic terms. 2013.

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