Water-meadow

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A water-meadow (or watermeadow) is an area of grassland or pasture beside a river, subject to controlled seasonal flooding. Water-meadows were common in Italy, Switzerland, and England (from 1523) but have now largely disappeared.

[edit] Examples

• Angel & Greyhound Meadow, Oxford
• Christ Church Meadow, Oxford
• Mill Meadows, Henley-on-Thames
• Port Meadow, Oxford
• Runnymede

[edit] See also

• Flooded grasslands and savannas
• Grantchester Meadows

[edit] External link

• PhD thesis abstract on watermeadows