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outwash plain

outwash plain

A broad area of sand and gravel deposited by meltwater streams beyond a glacier.

glacial outwash plain / sandur (breelvslette)

All languages

English
outwash plain
Norwegian
breelvslette
Japanese
アウトウォッシュプレーン — あうとうぉっしゅぷれーん — autowosshupurēn
Korean
빙하 융빙수 평야 — bingha yungbingsu pyeongya
Spanish
llanura fluvioglaciar
French
plaine d'épandage glaciaire
German
Sander

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