fluvial plain

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• fluvial — adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Latin fluvialis, from fluvius river, from fluere Date: 14th century 1. of, relating to, or living in a stream or river 2. produced by the action of a stream < a fluvial plain > …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• Fluvial — is used in geography and earth science to refer to the deposits and landforms created by the action of rivers or streams and the processes associated with them. When the stream or rivers are associated with glaciers, ice sheets, or ice caps, the… …   Wikipedia

• Plain — s.Plains occur as lowlands and at the bottoms of valleys but also on plateaus at high elevations. They may have been formed from flowing lava, deposited by water, ice or wind, or formed by erosion by these agents from hills and mountains.Plains… …   Wikipedia

• fluvial process — ▪ geology       the physical interaction of flowing water and the natural channels of rivers (river) and streams. Such processes play an essential and conspicuous role in the denudation of land surfaces and the transport of rock detritus from… …   Universalium

• Lacustrine plain — A Lacustrine plain is a plain that originally formed in a lacustrine environment, that is, as the bed of a lake, but from which the water has disappeared, by natural drainage, evaporation or other geophysical processes. The soil of the plain left …   Wikipedia

• Snake River Plain — The Snake River Plain is a geologic feature located primarily in the American state of Idaho. It stretches about convert|400|mi|km| 1|lk=on westward from northwest of the state of Wyoming to the Idaho Oregon border. The plain is a wide flat bow… …   Wikipedia

• Cheshire Plain — The Cheshire Plain panorama photo taken from Mid Cheshire Ridge The Cheshire Plain is a relatively flat expanse of lowland situated almost entirely within the county of Cheshire in northwest England. It is bounded by the hills of North Wales to… …   Wikipedia

• Saint-Georges-du-Plain — Le Mans Pour les articles homonymes, voir Le Mans (homonymie). Le Mans …   Wikipédia en Français

• alluvial plain —     a) A large assemblage of fluvial landforms (braided streams, terraces, etc.,) that form low gradient, regional ramps along the flanks of mountains and extend great distances from their sources (e.g., High Plains of North America.    SW.… …   Glossary of landform and geologic terms

• flood-plain step —    An essentially flat, terrace like alluvial surface within a valley that is frequently covered by flood water from the present stream (e.g., below the 100 year flood level); any approximately horizontal surface still actively modified by… …   Glossary of landform and geologic terms

• aquatic — aquatic, lacustrine, fluvial, fluviatile, marine, oceanic, thalassic, neritic, pelagic, abyssal all refer to water and especially to a body of water but all except aquatic are highly specific in their applications and all are more or less… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms