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alluvial fan

alluvial fan noun: a cone-shaped heap of alluvium deposited by a river.

Noun

alluvial fan (plural alluvial fans)

  1. A cone-shaped heap of alluvium deposited by a river.

alluvial fan meaning in Tamil

alluvial fan in Tamil

வண்டல் விசிறிக்குவியல்

Forms of alluvial fan

pluralalluvial fans

Questions about alluvial fan

What does alluvial fan mean?
Alluvial fan means a cone-shaped heap of alluvium deposited by a river.
What is alluvial fan in Tamil?
Alluvial fan in Tamil is வண்டல் விசிறிக்குவியல். See Alluvial fan meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is alluvial fan?
Alluvial fan is a noun.
What is the plural of alluvial fan?
The plural of alluvial fan is alluvial fans.

Words near alluvial fan in the dictionary

  1. alluva
  2. alluvia
  3. alluvial
  4. alluvial deposit
  5. alluvial deposits
  6. alluvial fan
  7. alluvial fans
  8. alluvial mining
  9. alluvial plain
  10. alluvial plains
  11. alluvial terrace

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Adapted from Wiktionary: alluvial fan (page history and authors); alluvial fan (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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