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alluvial cone

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alluvial fan

–noun Physical Geography.
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.


Origin:
1870–75
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