alluvial plain
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of alluvial plain
First recorded in 1955–60
Example Sentences
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Because Sardis sits on an alluvial plain, some trenches extend as much as 12 meters underground.
From Science Daily • Jun. 25, 2026
Sediment from the Midwest, distributed through the alluvial plain by regular floods over millions of years, created Louisiana.
From Slate • Jun. 18, 2019
Bangladesh has far and away the highest population density of any sizable nation — around 3,000 people per square mile pack the alluvial plain that spans most of the country.
From Washington Post • Sep. 29, 2017
Ferme Descoubet lies at the far western edge of the Gers, near where the dense hills of the Gascon heartland flatten out into the alluvial plain of the Adour River.
From New York Times • Mar. 15, 2017
The delta and alluvial plain of the Mississippi Lyell found to consist of sediment covering an area of thirty thousand square miles, several hundred feet deep.
From Famous Men of Science by Bolton, Sarah K.
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