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alluvial fan

n.
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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alluvial fan

or

alluvial cone

n
(Geological Science) 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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allu′vial fan′


n.
a fan-shaped alluvial deposit formed by a stream where its velocity is abruptly decreased, as at the mouth of a ravine.
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al·lu·vi·al fan

(ə-lo͞o′vē-əl)
A fan-shaped mass of sediment, especially silt, sand, gravel, and boulders, deposited by a river when its flow is suddenly slowed. Alluvial fans typically form where a river pours out from a steep valley through mountains onto a flat plain. Unlike deltas, they are not deposited into a body of standing water.
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Noun1.alluvial fan - a fan-shaped deposit where a fast flowing stream flattens out
alluvial cone
geological phenomenon - a natural phenomenon involving the structure or composition of the earth
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