alluvial

Example Sentences

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The sections ranged from steep, rocky headlands and bluffs to wide, low-lying alluvial valleys where rivers flow into the bay.

From Scientific American

Rattling across dusty roads, tracing alluvial fans and exploring mining claims, they have spent lifetimes trying to raise the past.

From Los Angeles Times

As you approach Carkeek Park, Pipers Creek empties into the Sound, creating an alluvial fan of little streams and trickles and sand formations.

From Seattle Times

Framed by volcanic peaks, rock towers and sagebrush-studded alluvial fans, the area is the very definition of “remote.”

From Los Angeles Times

Seward is located in an alluvial fan in which gravel and sediment constantly accumulate in waterways while flowing down from higher altitudes.

From Seattle Times