alluvial fan

English

Noun

alluvial fan (plural alluvial fans)

1. A cone-shaped heap of alluvium deposited by a river.

Translations

cone-shaped heap of alluvium

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 沖積扇 / 冲积扇 (chōngjīshàn)

• Estonian: uhtekuhik
• Finnish: alluviaalikeila
• French: cône de déjection (fr) m, cône alluvial m
• German: Schwemmkegel m
• Irish: fean glárach m
• Italian: conoide di deiezione m
• Portuguese: leque aluvial m, cone aluvial m, cone de dejeção m
• Russian: ко́нус вы́носа m (kónus výnosa)
• Spanish: abanico aluvial m, cono de deyección m

See also

• Wikipedia article on alluvial fans