Plain
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In geography, a plain is a large area of land with relatively low relief. Plains may be more suitable for farming than plateaus or mountains. Plains are sometimes remnants of much larger features that are now largely eroded, such as mountains or volcanoes.
[edit] Types of plains
- Abyssal plain, a flat or very gently sloping area of the deep ocean basin floor.
- Alluvial plain, formed by the deposition of alluvial soil over a long period of time by a river coming from the mountains.
- Coastal plain, an area of flat, low-lying land adjacent to a sea coast and separated from the interior by other features.
- Flood plain, flat or nearly flat land adjacent to a stream or river that experiences occasional or periodic flooding.
- Fluvial plain
- Lacustrine plain, a plain that originally formed in a lacustrine environment, that is, as the bed of a lake
- Lava plain, an expanse of land where lava is flowing.
- Scroll plain, an area where a river meanders with a very low gradient.
- Till plain, a flat plain of glacial till that forms when a sheet of ice becomes detached from the main body of a glacier and melts in place depositing the sediments it carried.
