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• alluvial fan — Physical Geog. a fan shaped alluvial deposit formed by a stream where its velocity is abruptly decreased, as at the mouth of a ravine or at the foot of a mountain. Also called alluvial cone. [1870 75] * * * ▪ geological feature  unconsolidated… …   Universalium

• alluvial cone — noun a fan shaped deposit where a fast flowing stream flattens out • Syn: ↑alluvial fan • Hypernyms: ↑geological phenomenon * * * noun : an alluvial fan with steep slopes * * * alluvial fan or alluvial cone …   Useful english dictionary

• alluvial deposit — noun clay or silt or gravel carried by rushing streams and deposited where the stream slows down • Syn: ↑alluvial sediment, ↑alluvium, ↑alluvion • Derivationally related forms: ↑alluvial (for: ↑alluvium) …   Useful english dictionary

• alluvial sediment — noun clay or silt or gravel carried by rushing streams and deposited where the stream slows down • Syn: ↑alluvial deposit, ↑alluvium, ↑alluvion • Derivationally related forms: ↑alluvial (for: ↑alluvium) …   Useful english dictionary

• alluvial deposit — Material deposited by rivers. It consists of silt, sand, clay, and gravel, as well as much organic matter. Alluvial deposits are usually most extensive in the lower part of a river s course, forming floodplains and deltas, but they may form at… …   Universalium

• alluvial — alluvium ► NOUN ▪ a fertile deposit of clay, silt, and sand left by river flood water. DERIVATIVES alluvial adjective. ORIGIN Latin, from luere to wash …   English terms dictionary

• Port Silt Loam — is the state soil of Oklahoma. This type of soil is reddish in color due to the weathering of reddish sandstones, siltstones, and shales of the Permian geologic era. It is a medium textured soil and is an alluvial soil deposited along flood… …   Wikipedia

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