- alluvial slope
- аллювиальная равнина (большое русло, по которому река течёт во время разливов и на котором она отлагает свои наносы; пойма реки)* * *аллювиальный склон
Англо-русский словарь нефтегазовой промышленности. 2011.
alluvial slope
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