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n.a steep, narrow, cone-shaped alluvial fan formed where a swift stream suddenly slows down, as where an upland stream emerges abruptly into a level plain
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alluvial cone
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alluvial cone — ☆ alluvial cone n. a steep, narrow, cone shaped alluvial fan formed where a swift stream suddenly slows down, as where an upland stream emerges abruptly into a level plain … English World dictionary
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 cone — A semi conical type of alluvial fan with very steep slopes; it is higher, narrower, and steeper (e.g., > 40% slopes) than a fan, and composed of coarser, and thicker layers of material deposited by a combination of alluvial episodes and to… … Glossary of landform and geologic terms
alluvial cone — an alluvial fan with highly steep slopes usually found where mountain streams exit narrow valleys … Geography glossary
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 fan — /əˌluviəl ˈfæn/ (say uh.loohveeuhl fan) noun 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, alluvial cone …
alluvial fan — noun a fan shaped deposit where a fast flowing stream flattens out • Syn: ↑alluvial cone • Hypernyms: ↑geological phenomenon … Useful english dictionary
Alluvial fan — An alluvial fan is a fan shaped deposit formed where a fast flowing stream flattens, slows, and spreads typically at the exit of a canyon onto a flatter plain. A convergence of neighboring alluvial fans into a single apron of deposits against a… … Wikipedia
alluvial fan — noun A cone shaped heap of alluvium deposited by a river … Wiktionary
alluvial fan — A low, outspread mass of loose materials and/or rock material, commonly with gentle slopes, shaped like an open fan or a segment of a cone, deposited by a stream (best expressed in semiarid regions) at the place where it issues from a narrow… … Glossary of landform and geologic terms
