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ALLUVIAL FAN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does alluvial fan mean?
• ALLUVIAL FAN (noun)
The noun ALLUVIAL FAN has 1 sense:
1. a fan-shaped deposit where a fast flowing stream flattens out
Familiarity information: ALLUVIAL FAN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A fan-shaped deposit where a fast flowing stream flattens out
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Synonyms:
alluvial cone; alluvial fan
Hypernyms ("alluvial fan" is a kind of...):
geological phenomenon (a natural phenomenon involving the structure or composition of the earth)
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