Meanings
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna fan-shaped deposit where a fast flowing stream flattens out
Similar
alluvial cone
Broader
geological phenomenon
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 沖積扇 /冲积扇
- 沖積扇 /冲积扇 (chōngjīshàn)cone-shaped heap of alluvium
Estonian uhtekuhik
- uhtekuhikcone-shaped heap of alluvium
Finnish alluviaalikeila
- alluviaalikeilacone-shaped heap of alluvium
French cône de déjection, cône alluvial
- cône de déjectioncone-shaped heap of alluvium
- cône alluvialcone-shaped heap of alluvium
German Schwemmkegel
- Schwemmkegelcone-shaped heap of alluvium
Irish fean glárach
- fean glárachcone-shaped heap of alluvium
Italian conoide di deiezione
- conoide di deiezionecone-shaped heap of alluvium
Portuguese leque aluvial, cone aluvial
- leque aluvialcone-shaped heap of alluvium
- cone aluvialcone-shaped heap of alluvium
- cone de dejeçãocone-shaped heap of alluvium
Russian ко́нус вы́носа
- ко́нус вы́носа (kónus výnosa)cone-shaped heap of alluvium
Spanish abanico aluvial, cono de deyección
- abanico aluvialcone-shaped heap of alluvium
- cono de deyeccióncone-shaped heap of alluvium
Cite this entry
APA
alluvial fan. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alluvial%20fan
MLA
“alluvial fan.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alluvial%20fan. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “alluvial fan,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alluvial%20fan.
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