alluvial terrace

noun

A terrace of a river composed of alluvium as opposed to solid rock.

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Meanings

nounalluvial terrace (plural alluvial terraces)

plural alluvial terraces

  1. geographyA terrace of a river composed of alluvium as opposed to solid rock.
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