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A water-meadow (or watermeadow) is an area of grassland or pasture beside a river, subject to controlled seasonal flooding which increases the productivity of the grassland. Water-meadows were common in Italy, Switzerland, and England (from 1523) but have now largely disappeared. They are often confused with the flood-meadow, where flooding is not controlled but occurs with the level of the river.