alluvial plain

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Sediment from the Midwest, distributed through the alluvial plain by regular floods over millions of years, created Louisiana.

From Slate • Jun. 18, 2019

Bangladesh has far and away the highest population density of any sizable nation — around 3,000 people per square mile pack the alluvial plain that spans most of the country.

From Washington Post • Sep. 29, 2017

Ferme Descoubet lies at the far western edge of the Gers, near where the dense hills of the Gascon heartland flatten out into the alluvial plain of the Adour River.

From New York Times • Mar. 15, 2017

An alluvial fan spreads out into a broad alluvial plain.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2017

They consist of cavities from 10 to 30 yards in width, and 20 feet or more in depth, and are very conspicuous, interrupting the level surface of a flat alluvial plain.

From Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology by Lyell, Charles, Sir