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outwash plain
noun
- Geology. a broad, sloping landform built of coalesced deposits of outwash.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of outwash plain1
First recorded in 1930–35
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Example Sentences
This outwash plain was a veritable paradise of bloom in the days before the advent of the plow.
From Project Gutenberg
A good example of an outwash plain occurs southwest of Baraboo, flanking the moraine on the west (Fig. 41).
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In Sauk Prairie, however, its characteristics are those of an outwash plain, rather than those of a valley train.
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