Meaning Of The Word Alluvial fan

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alluvial fan in British English
a gradually sloping mass of alluvium that widens out like a fan from the place where a stream begins to slow down
noun: a fan-shaped accumulation of silt, sand, gravel, and boulders deposited by fast-flowing mountain rivers when they reach flatter land
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

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