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Meanings of alluvial cone in английском

португальский
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"
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So he made a quick sketch of the landscape, the canyon mouth, the alluvial fan, and then drew the trench.
Lost in translation
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Above Curiosity's landing site, orbiters have photographed an alluvial fan (below) -a fan-shapedarea where debris once spread out.
Wired
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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
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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
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And the alluvial fans are no good either-flashflooding.
Lost in translation
Usage of alluvial cone in английском
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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
португальский
leque aluvial