High-performance axial fans, radial blowers and flat fans for a host of applications Ever since we launched the world’s first flat fan in 1984, our application-specific flat fans, axial fans, radial blowers and other types of fans and blowers can be found wherever first-class quality is crucial. Whether in the medical technology or automotive fields, for electronic cooling, climate comfort or personal protection, fans and blowers from Micronel combine Swiss perfection with innovative solutions. Rushing water, mud, and debris can threaten communities many kilometers away from the apex of the alluvial fan.Radial blowers, axial fans, flat fans and more – brought to you by Micronel Creating a settlement on an alluvial fan can be dangerous. These plants have very deep roots, which can access the water that helped create the alluvial fan, but has now sunken far below it. Shrubs such as rabbitbrush and greasewood, or even trees such as ash or willow, are common in the area of alluvial fans. Life Near the Fan Alluvial fans can be very diverse habitats. They can also form as boulders and other large materials gather during landslides, floods, or other instances of mass wasting. Debris cones can be created by the slow accumulation of alluvium over many centuries. A debris cone is a type of alluvial fan with a steep slope, closer to the shape of a half-cone than a flat fan.
Landslides are an instance of mass wasting that often create colluvial fans. Alluvium is material transported by water, while colluvium is material transported by mass wasting. Mass wasting is simply the downward movement of rock, soil, or other material. Colluvial fans are created by mass wasting.
Sometimes, fans are formed without the aid of water. A subaqueous fan is created as an underwater current deposits alluvium from a submarine hill or glacier. They can also be found in wetter climates, where streams are more common. Alluvial fans and bajadas are often found in deserts, where flash floods wash alluvium down from nearby hills. Bajadas can be narrow, from the flow of two or three streams of water, or they can be wide, where dozens of alluvial fans converge. Bajadas are common in dry climates, such as the canyons of the American Southwest. Types of Alluvial Fans A bajada is the convergence, or blending, of many alluvial fans. This "megafan" carries alluvium from the Himalaya Mountains. Over time, water flowing down the Koshi River in Nepal, for example, has built up an alluvial fan more than 15,000 square kilometers (almost 5,800 square miles) wide. The narrow point of the alluvial fan is called its apex, while the wide triangle is the fan's apron. Alluvial fans can be tiny, with an apron of just a few centimeters spreading out from the trickle of a drainpipe. Alluvium is deposited as the stream fans out, creating the familiar triangle-shaped feature. The rushing water carries alluvium to a flat plain, where the stream leaves its channel to spread out. Streams carrying alluvium can be trickles of rainwater, a fast-moving creek, a powerful river, or even runoff from agriculture or industry. As a stream flows down a hill, it picks up sand and other particles-alluvium. Alluvial fans are usually created as flowing water interacts with mountains, hills, or the steep walls of canyons. An alluvial fan is a triangle-shaped deposit of gravel, sand, and even smaller pieces of sediment, such as silt.