Illustration showing three views of a hypothetical 100-year floodplain along a channel and the effects of encroachment. The three views include a cross-sectional view with no development, a cross-sectional view with existing and new development (causing the flood elevation to rise), and a perspective view of the encroachment with increased chance of flooding in the flood fringe

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