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alluvial stream
(English) Named after the silts, clays, sands, and gravels of river origin that compose the bed, banks, and floodplains of streams. Alluvial streams tend to be large, composed of bed materials conveyed from upstream, and are characterized by a distinctive S-shaped channel pattern that is free to shift slowly (i.e., meander) in the valley.

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