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bottomland [′bäd·əm‚land] (geology) A lowland formed by alluvial deposit about a lake basin or a stream. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Overweight children would not be the first thing a visitor to Grafton, West Virginia, would think of when seeing the small farms that cling to steep hillsides and cultivate the bottomland along the Tygart River as one drives into town. The landscape is characterized by bottomland and upland forests, wetlands, open water and old pastures. And like Katrina, it is those on the bottomland below the sea-level of poverty who are most displaced. |
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