alluvial plain

A level or gently sloping tract or a slightly undulating land surface produced by extensive deposition of alluvium, usually adjacent to a river that periodically overflows its banks; it may be situated on a flood plain, a delta, or an alluvial fan. (Source: BJGEO)



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Benito G, Rohde R, Seely M, Kulls C, Dahan O, Enzel Y, Todd S, Botero B, Morin E, Grodek T, Roberts C 2010. Management of Alluvial Aquifers in Two Southern African Ephemeral Rivers: Implications for IWRM. Water Resources Management 24 (4) 641-667
Bhattachan A, D'Odorico P, Okin GS 2015. Biogeochemistry of dust sources in Southern Africa. Journal of Arid Environments 117 18-27
Mabbutt JA 1951. The evolution of the middle Ugab Valley, Damaraland, South West Africa. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa 33 (3) 333-363
Bonyongo MC, Bredenkamp GJ, Veenendaal E 2000. Floodplain vegetation in the Nxaraga Lagoon area, Okavango Delta, Botswana. South African Journal of Botany 66 (1) 15-21
Smith RMH, Mason TR, Ward JD 1993. Flash-flood sediments and ichnofacies of the Late Pleistocene Homeb Silts, Kuiseb River, Namibia. Sedimentary Geology 85 (1-4) 579-599
Shikangalah RN, Mapani BS 2021. Ephemeral river systems and their ecosystem provisions to the local populations: A review of the Huab and Ugab Rivers, Namibia. International Science and Technology Journal of Namibia (ISTJN) 14 46-62
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Jacobson PJ, Jacobson KM, Angermeier PL, Cherry DS 2000. Hydrologic influences on soil properties along ephemeral rivers in the Namib Desert. Journal of Arid Environments 45 (1) 21-34
Morin E, Grodek T, Dahan O, Benito G, Kulls C, Jacoby Y, van Langenhove G, Seely M, Enzel Y 2009. Flood routing and alluvial aquifer recharge along the ephemeral arid Kuiseb River, Namibia. Journal of Hydrology 368 (1 - 4) 262 - 275
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2004. Perennial rivers of the Okavango river system.
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