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ALLUVIAL PIEDMONT PLAIN [1 record]

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Record 1 2009-04-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Physical Geography (General)
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
DEF

A series of alluvial fans which merge one into the other.

CONT

Each fan was the result of sediment deposition at a river mouth that discharged through a canyon and flowed across a relatively narrow piedmont plain before entering the basin.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géographie physique (Généralités)
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
DEF

Suite de cônes alluviaux qui débordent latéralement les uns sur les autres.

Spanish

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