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English-Russian dictionary of geology. 2011.
flood-plain deposits
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flood plain — noun a low plain adjacent to a river that is formed chiefly of river sediment and is subject to flooding • Syn: ↑floodplain • Hypernyms: ↑plain, ↑field, ↑champaign * * * a nearly flat plain along the course of a stream or river that is naturally… … Useful english dictionary
flood-plain splay — A fan shaped deposit or other outspread deposit formed where an overloaded stream breaks through a levee (natural or artificial) and deposits its material (often coarse grained) on the flood plain. Compare: crevasse. GG … Glossary of landform and geologic terms
alluvial plain — /əluviəl ˈpleɪn/ (say uhloohveeuhl playn) noun a river flood plain with a surface covered by alluvial deposits …
North China Plain — ▪ plain, China Chinese (Pinyin) Huabei Pingyuan or (Wade Giles romanization) Hua pei P ing yüan, also called Yellow Plain or Huang Huai Hai Plain large alluvial plain of northern China, built up along the shore of the Yellow Sea by … Universalium
Indo-Gangetic Plain — Schematic map of the Indo Gangetic Plain … Wikipedia
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floodplain — flood·plain also flood plain (flŭdʹplān ) n. A plain bordering a river and subject to flooding. * * * ▪ geology also called Alluvial Plain, flat land area adjacent to a stream, composed of unconsolidated sedimentary deposits (alluvium)… … Universalium
river — river1 riverless, adj. riverlike, adj. /riv euhr/, n. 1. a natural stream of water of fairly large size flowing in a definite course or channel or series of diverging and converging channels. 2. a similar stream of something other than water: a… … Universalium
Geography of the Interior United States — the games at the great lake are held in the winter so none can live they realy dont want otters or bubble gum to live either. so just go die Physiographic regions of the U.S. Interior See:legend For purposes of description, the physical geography … Wikipedia
