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View synonyms for alluvial plain
alluvial plain
noun
- a level or gently sloping surface formed of sediments laid down by streams, generally during flooding.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of alluvial plain1
First recorded in 1955–60
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Example Sentences
Four hundred yards apart the two parties emerged from the sublime portal of the cañon and entered upon the little alluvial plain.
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It forms part of the great alluvial plain of the Ganges, which divides it into two unequal portions.
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In this distance no rock strata appeared, nor any formation other than a jutting ridge of sand, or an alluvial plain.
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By a slight ascent westward of the alluvial plain we reach Kilmartin, a village with a large modern church.
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It consists of a vast alluvial plain, on the left bank of the Indus, 216 m. long and 48 broad.
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