alluvial fan

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Several alluvial fans are seen in the
center of the photograph above.

Photo Credit: USGS DDS21

An alluvial fan is a fan-shaped deposit of alluvium found where a stream flows out of a mountain stream onto flat terrain at the base of a mountain. The sudden decrease in stream velocity causes deposition.

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