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Alluvial Fan at Death Valley (1)
Alluvial fan in the morning looking east from the sand dunes.
Alluvial fans in Death Valley are huge and long. This is one of
the most fascinating land formations in Death Valley. As the
streams flow out of the steep mountains through narrow canyons into
flat land, the rocks, pebbles and sediments get deposited just
outside the canyon. The stream eventually loses speed and in
Death Valley, disappear. The landscape acquires the shape of
a fan over time.
Alluvial fans occur on the land just as a delta forms near the
ocean. They occur in a number of places. In Death Valley, you
will be able to see the huge fans and I think these are some of
the most beautiful land formations of nature.