alluvial plain

noun

1

: a level or gently sloping flat or a slightly undulating land surface resulting from extensive deposition of alluvial materials by running water

2

: a plain formed by lateral coalescence of alluvial fans

a piedmont alluvial plain

compare bajada

Word History

First Known Use

1803, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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