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Alluvial plains

Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-000261

A flat or gently sloping land that is gradually formed when sediments are deposited by the periodic flooding of streams or rivers.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-000261
FieldAgriculture and food
SubjectFields of Study
Synonymsalluvial floodplains
ReferencesNAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary (CC BY 4.0)
See alsoLandforms; Alluvial land; Floodplains; Coastal plains; Alluvial soils; Sediments
TranslationsSpanish: planicies aluviales
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-000261",
  "term": "Alluvial plains",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "A flat or gently sloping land that is gradually formed when sediments are deposited by the periodic flooding of streams or rivers.",
  "synonyms": [
    "alluvial floodplains"
  ],
  "subject": "Fields of Study",
  "see_also": [
    "landforms",
    "alluvial land",
    "floodplains",
    "coastal plains",
    "alluvial soils",
    "sediments"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "planicies aluviales"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/alluvial-plains/"
}

Record 259 of 6,798 in Agriculture and food terminology (MLC-0114). Request the full dataset.