alluvial in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for alluvial in the English»French Dictionary

alluvial [Brit əˈl(j)uːvɪəl, Am əˈluviəl] ADJ

alluvial

alluvial

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alluvial (alluviale)

alluvial

cône de déjection GEOL

alluvial fan

alluvial in the PONS Dictionary

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alluvions

alluvial deposits

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Several mapped areas show alluvial deposits that were trenched, and samples for which panned concentrates were developed and the gold content noted.

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Far from offering a relief from the difficult interior terrain, the alluvial plain is often as inhospitable as the mountains.

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They colonise disturbed ground in shallow, poor soils, drought- and frost-prone areas and alluvial soils.

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The floor of the valley stretching southwestwards from the village is filled by more recent alluvial deposits.

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At the edge of the tideland is an alluvial bed and well-developed sea cliff.

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The breakup and tectonic action created towering, snowcapped mountain peaks lining the island's central east-west spine and hot, humid alluvial plains along the coasts.

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This exposed the alluvial layers and began to wash out artifacts from the nearly 14,000 year occupation.

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Further inland and along the riverbanks, the soil is mostly alluvial and loamy.

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The eastern tract consists of rich alluvial soil, well watered, and subject to fertilizing inundations, yielding heavy crops of coarse rice, oil-seeds and jute.

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The MSG beaches are steep, highly reflective (of wave energy) and composed of alluvial gravel deposits.

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