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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.

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• ALLUVIAL FAN (noun)

Sense 1

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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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