NOUN | an alluvial plain | alluvial plains | |
SYNO | alluvial flat | alluvial plain |
NOUN article.ind sg | pl
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Usage Examples English
- The geography of Iraq is diverse and falls into five main regions: the desert (west of the Euphrates), Upper Mesopotamia (between the upper Tigris and Euphrates rivers), the northern highlands of Iraq, Lower Mesopotamia, and the alluvial plain extending from around Tikrit to the Persian Gulf.
- The southeastern part of Arkansas along the Mississippi Alluvial Plain is sometimes called the Arkansas Delta.
- Francis Lowlands ecoregion within the larger Mississippi Alluvial Plain.
- Nimes is situated where the alluvial plain of the Vistrenque River abuts the hills of Mont Duplan to the northeast, Montaury to the southwest, and to the west Mt. Cavalier and the knoll of Canteduc.
- From this point, bordered by the Canal du Midi and sinuous amid vineyards, the Aude enters the broad alluvial plain of Narbonne with the main stream flowing to the Gulf of Lion and some waters diverted to a network of ancient ponds before flowing into the Mediterranean Sea .
- The city stretches out on an alluvial plain dating to the Quaternary era. The mountainous regions nearby are older, dating from the Mesozoic (Triassic) or Paleozoic.
- The city is on the Liguanea plain, an alluvial plain alongside the Hope River.
- Except for a few dozen houses on the slopes of the Bastille hill of Chartreuse, Grenoble is exclusively built on the alluvial plain of the rivers Isère and Drac at an altitude of [...].
- Above this the alluvial plain extends for nearly [...] towards both Tercis-les-Bains and Peyrehorade, and is characterized by swampy meadows called "barthes".
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