alluvial plain
a level or gently sloping surface formed of sediments laid down by streams, generally during flooding.
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Tens of thousands of acres of new crops planted in the alluvial plain began to choke on the retch of the mines.
Four hundred yards apart the two parties emerged from the sublime portal of the cañon and entered upon the little alluvial plain.
Overland | John William De ForestIt forms part of the great alluvial plain of the Ganges, which divides it into two unequal portions.
In this distance no rock strata appeared, nor any formation other than a jutting ridge of sand, or an alluvial plain.
Summary Narrative of an Exploratory Expedition to the Sources of the Mississippi River, in 1820 | Henry Rowe SchoolcraftBy a slight ascent westward of the alluvial plain we reach Kilmartin, a village with a large modern church.
The Book-Hunter | John Hill Burton
It consists of a vast alluvial plain, on the left bank of the Indus, 216 m. long and 48 broad.
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