Abyssal Fan
Fan shaped accumulation of sediment from rivers that is deposited at the base of a submarine canyon within a ocean basin. | ||||
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Abyssal fan
Abyssal fans, also known as deep-sea fans, underwater deltas, and submarine fans, are underwater structures that look like deltas formed at the end of many large rivers, such as the Nile or Mississippi Rivers.
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