| 单词 | alluvial plain |
| 释义 | > as lemmasalluvial plain alluvial plain n. a low-lying plain consisting of alluvium deposited from rivers. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > level land > [noun] > level place or plain > types of sand-flat1773 alluvial plain1803 sand-plain1818 sandveld1824 tundra1841 bench-land1845 salt flat1873 panfan1915 panplain1933 pediplain1935 soda plain1946 1803 Trans. Royal Irish Acad. 9 Science 454 In alluvial plains they [sc. rivers] are perpetually changing their channels, cutting out new ones, and filling up the old. 1863 C. Lyell Geol. Evid. Antiq. Man iii. 54 The Celtic name of Inch being attached to many hillocks, which rise above the general level of the alluvial plains. 1939 E. D. Laborde tr. E. de Martonne Shorter Physical Geogr. (rev. ed.) xi. 159 The lower course of every important river is generally marked by vast alluvial plains which extend right down to the base level. 2005 Daily Yomiuri (Tokyo) 3 May 13 These valleys empty onto the alluvial plain, directly into Tokyo Bay, or into the Tamagawa or Tonegawa river systems. < as lemmas |
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