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Deserts
Terms in relation to a type of cimate that has high average temperature, low average annual rainfall, and very few vegetation.
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alluvial fan
Natural environment; Deserts
A large, fan-shaped pile of sediment forming at the base of narrow canyons onto a flat plain at the foot of a mountain range.
alluvium
Natural environment; Deserts
Unconsolidated gravel, sand, silt and clay deposited by streams.
bajada
Natural environment; Deserts
A broad, sloping depositional deposit caused by the coalescing of alluvial fans.
