Abyssal fan

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-000177",
  "term": "Abyssal fan",
  "field": "Environment",
  "term_source": "Abyssal Fan",
  "definition": "A low, outspread, relatively flat-to-gently sloping mass of loose material - shaped like an open fan or a segment of a cone - deposited by a flow of water at the place where it issues from a narrower or steeper-gradient area into a broader area, valley, flat, or other feature. Abyssal fans form at the mouths of submarine canyons, and fans are also the result of turbidities (that is, gravity-driven, underwater avalanches).",
  "subject": "Natural environments",
  "references": [
    "Federal Geographic Data Committee Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, June 2012 FGDC-STD-018-2012"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/abyssal-fan/"
}