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Alluvial flat   /ˌælˈuviəl flæt/   Listen
Alluvial flat

noun
1.
A flat resulting from repeated deposits of alluvial material by running water.  Synonym: alluvial plain.





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"Alluvial flat" Quotes from Famous Books



... and before us lay the upper end of the valley of Jinotega. Here it was very narrow, hemmed in by rocky ranges capped with pine forests. Descending the steep and rocky slope, we soon left the pines and oaks above us, and came down on a narrow alluvial flat, gradually widening out as we proceeded down the valley. On each side of the road were fields of maize, suffering greatly from the drought. The soil was a fine deep, dark loam, and for the first time in Nicaragua I found they ploughed their land, and made permanent fences. The plough was a primitive ...
— The Naturalist in Nicaragua • Thomas Belt
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... manner before the moon rose. He dreaded the red brightness of moon-dawn, when guards whom he could discern against the stony ascent might detect his forehead above the breastwork. Behind him stretched an alluvial flat to the river's sands. The tide was running swiftly out, and under starlight its swirls and long muscular sweeps could be ...
— The Lady of Fort St. John • Mary Hartwell Catherwood
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