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Meanings of alluvial cone in English

Portuguese
leque aluvial

A fan-shaped deposit where a fast flowing stream flattens out.

        leque aluvial
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        Examples for "alluvial fan"
        Examples for "alluvial fan"
        1
        So he made a quick sketch of the landscape, the canyon mouth, the alluvial fan, and then drew the trench.
        Lost in translation
        2
        Above Curiosity's landing site, orbiters have photographed an alluvial fan (below) -a fan-shapedarea where debris once spread out.
        Wired
        3
        The giant shale seemed to melt away into this alluvial fan of snow like a turbulent stream feeding into glassy, slow water.
        Crazy for the storm: a memoir of survival
        4
        The enemy's position consisted of a line of sangars blocking the roads from the river up to the alluvial fan on which they were placed.
        With Kelly to Chitral
        5
        And the alluvial fans are no good either-flashflooding.
        Lost in translation
        Usage of alluvial cone in English
        1
        The oversteepened sides of the trough are graded by landslips, by talus slopes, and by alluvial cones.
        The Elements of Geology
        Translations for alluvial cone
        Portuguese
        leque aluvial