alluvial plain

English

Noun

alluvial plain (plural alluvial plains)

(geography) A plain formed by the deposition of sediment from the periodic flooding of a river.

Synonyms

floodplain

Translations

plain formed by deposition of sediment of a river

Chinese:
Mandarin: 沖積平原 (zh), 冲积平原 (zh) (chōngjī píngyuán)
Dutch: please add this translation if you can
Estonian: alluviaaltasandik
Finnish: alluviaalitasanko
French: plaine alluviale f
Galician: veiga (gl) f
German: Alluvialebene f

Japanese: 沖積平野 (chūseki heiya)
Latvian: aluviālais līdzenums m
Lithuanian: sąnašinė lyguma f
Portuguese: planície aluvial f
Russian: аллювиальная равнина f (alljuvialʹnaja ravnina)
Spanish: llanura alivial f, vega (es) f, llanura de inundación f
Swedish: alluvial slätt c, alluvialplatå c
Tagalog: kapatagang banlik

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