Wild Wonders of Europe / Smit / Hard wood flood plain forest in early morning. River Danube, Gornje Podunavlje Special Nature Reserve, Serbia, June 2009.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Smit / Hard wood flood plain forest along river Danube in early morning, Gornje Podunavlje Special Nature Reserve, Serbia, June 2009

Georgette Douwma / Asian water monitor lizard (Varanus salvator) climbing tree, Kinabatangan flood plain, Sabah, Malaysia

Gerry Ellis / Sunset and storm clouds over waterhole, Kwando River flood plain, Linyanti Swamp, Okavango Delta, Botswana

Christophe Courteau / Flood plain of the Okavango Delta during the Dry Season, Botswana

Christophe Courteau / The Okavango River penetrates the flood plain of the Okvango Delta during the dry season, Botswana

Christophe Courteau / The Okavango River penetrates the flood plain of the Okvango Delta during the dry season, Botswana

Christophe Courteau / Flood plain of the Okavango Delta during the Dry Season, Botswana

Christophe Courteau / Lonesome tree in the dried flood plain of the Okavango Delta, winter, Botswana

David Woodfall / Black poplar tree (Populus nigra) by a housing development on a flood plain, Glasdir, Ruthin, Vale of Clwyd, Denbighshire, Wales. November 2012.

David Woodfall / Flooding of newly built housing in the Glasdir estate, Ruthin, Vale of Clwyd, Denbighshire, Wales, UK. This is an area at risk of flooding and therefore difficult to obtain House insurance. 27/11/ 20...

David Woodfall / Members of north wales fire service with boat to rescue people affected by flooding of newly built housing in the Glasdir estate, Ruthin, Vale of Clwyd, Denbighshire, Wales, UK. This is an area at ri...