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• The flood plain that would be inundated in the event of a 100-year flood.

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  American Psychological Association (APA)

  100-year Flood Plain. (n.d.). National Weather Service Glossary. Retrieved March 28, 2023, from website: http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/100-year-flood-plain.

  Chicago Manual of Style (CMS)

  100-year Flood Plain. www.weather.gov. National Weather Service Glossary. NOAA National Weather Service. http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/100-year-flood-plain (accessed: March 28, 2023).

  Modern Language Association (MLA)

  "100-year Flood Plain." National Weather Service Glossary. NOAA National Weather Service. 28 March. 2023 http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/100-year-flood-plain.

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