Alluvial plain
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alluvial-plain-170-2119754
title:
Alluvial plain
text:
An alluvial plain is a plain created by the deposition of sediment over a long period of time by one or more rivers coming from highland regions, from which alluvial soil forms. A floodplain is part of the process, being the smaller area over which the rivers flood at a particular period of time, whereas the alluvial plain is the larger area representing the region over which the floodplains have shifted over geological time. As the highlands erode due to weathering and water flow, the sediment
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description:
Region on which rivers have deposited sediment
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alluvial_plain
date created:
2004-08-20T05:32:42Z
date modified:
2024-08-31T22:22:58Z
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13
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