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alluvial plain

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Noun1.alluvial plain - a flat resulting from repeated deposits of alluvial material by running water
flat - a level tract of land; "the salt flats of Utah"


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The Signal Hill Group is interpreted to have been deposited subaerially during alluvial plain conditions that developed across the Avalon Zone in easternmost Newfoundland during the Neoproterozoic in response to a major uplift related to the Avalonian Orogeny (King, 1990).
None of these features characterize the Ganga Alluvial Plain, where sediments in the mega fans from the Himalayan rivers that cover major parts of the alluvial plain are sandy, and associated groundwater is not reduced to the level required to cause significant mobilization of As.
Between the Rivers Tigris and Euphrates was a great alluvial plain, Mesopotamia, and the soil, although sun-baked, was immensely fertile.
 
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