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Alluvial fans

Scope note

Designates sloping, fan-shaped masses of sediment deposited by a watercourse at the place where it leaves a constricted course or upland and emerges into a broad valley or a plain.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

30008759

Broader Terms used

fluvial landforms

Narrower Terms used

deltas

Term used for

fans, alluvial

Equivalent Terms used

alluvial fan

Created

12yrs ago

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