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outwash plain

noun

  1. 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.

A good example of an outwash plain occurs southwest of Baraboo, flanking the moraine on the west (Fig. 41).

In Sauk Prairie, however, its characteristics are those of an outwash plain, rather than those of a valley train.

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