Alluvial fans
Because they form and look like Fans
erosion
No
The River Severn does not have an alluvial fan. Rivers that empty into estuaries do not have alluvial fans.
Alluvial fans
A bajada is an alluvial plain formed at the base of a mountain by the coalescing of several alluvial fans.
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A bajada may be created. A bajada is a broad, gently sloping surface formed by the coalescing of alluvial fans.
Rock types commonly found in alluvial fans include sedimentary rocks like sandstone, shale, and conglomerate, as well as igneous and metamorphic rocks that have eroded and been transported by rivers to the fan. The composition of alluvial fans can vary depending on the source rocks from which the sediments are derived.
alluvial fan occurs when the gradient of a river bed decreases suddenly as when a river emerges from a mountain
alluvial fans and deltas