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Alluvial Fan
see synonyms of alluvial fanNoun
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Alluvial Fan
see synonyms of alluvial fannoun
a fan-shaped accumulation of silt, sand, gravel, and boulders deposited by fast-flowing mountain rivers when they reach flatter land
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Alluvial Fan
see synonyms of alluvial fan a gradually sloping mass of alluvium that widens out like a fan from the place where a stream begins to slow down
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Alluvial Fan
see synonyms of alluvial fann.
A fan-shaped accumulation of alluvium deposited at the mouth of a ravine or at the juncture of a tributary stream with the main stream.
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