Alluvial fans
Esquema
Jerarquía
Built Environment (Hierarchy Name) > Settlements and Landscapes > landscapes (environments) > natural landscapes > landforms (terrestrial) > fluvial landforms
Descripción
Designates sloping, fan-shaped masses of sediment deposited by a watercourse at the place where it leaves a constricted course or upland and emerges into a broad valley or a plain.
Subcategorías
URI original del concepto
Otros términos
- 沖積扇 [zh]
- puinwaaiers [nl]
- cônes de déjection [fr]
- pantanos aluviales [es]
- chōng jī shàn [zh]
- chong ji shan [zh]
- ch'ung chi shan [zh]
- alluvial fan [en]
- fans, alluvial [en]
- puinwaaier [nl]
- cône de déjection [fr]
- cônes alluviaux [fr]
- cône alluvial [fr]
- pantano aluvial [es]