floodplain alluvium

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• floodplain — flood·plain also flood plain (flŭdʹplān ) n. A plain bordering a river and subject to flooding. * * * ▪ geology also called  Alluvial Plain,         flat land area adjacent to a stream, composed of unconsolidated sedimentary deposits (alluvium)… …   Universalium

• alluvium —   river deposits found either on the floodplain or historic point bars …   Geography glossary

• floodplain —   the part of the valley floor occasionally flooded by the river. Over time sediment or alluvium builds the elevation of the plain …   Geography glossary

• alluvium —    A general term for clay, silt, sand, gravel, or similar unconsolidated material deposited during comparatively recent geologic time by a stream or other body of running water as a sorted or semisorted sediment in the bed of the stream or on… …   Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology

• sedimentary rock — Rock formed at or near the Earth s surface by the accumulation and lithification of fragments of preexisting rocks or by precipitation from solution at normal surface temperatures. Sedimentary rocks can be formed only where sediments are… …   Universalium

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• Arroyo —   approximate rectangular shaped valley cut in floodplain alluvium, with a smaller stream in the base. Usually found in semi arid areas …   Geography glossary

• аллювий пойменный — Наиболее тонкозернистые отложения поймы, формирующиеся во время половодья. Для них характерны слабая степень сортировки и меньшая крупность материала песчано алевритовых осадков, более темная окраска. [Словарь геологических терминов и понятий.… …   Справочник технического переводчика

• river — river1 riverless, adj. riverlike, adj. /riv euhr/, n. 1. a natural stream of water of fairly large size flowing in a definite course or channel or series of diverging and converging channels. 2. a similar stream of something other than water: a… …   Universalium

• Pakistan — /pak euh stan , pah keuh stahn /, n. 1. Islamic Republic of, a republic in S Asia, between India and Afghanistan: formerly part of British India; known as West Pakistan from 1947 71 to distinguish it from East Pakistan (now Bangladesh).… …   Universalium