A fan-shaped deposit at the mouth of some rivers is called a(n)
a. pyramid
b. alluvial fan
c. dune
d. delta

A fan-shaped deposit (of sediment) at the mouth of some rivers is called b) an alluvial fan.A dune is a mound of sand shaped by wind.A delta is a sort of "tree" of splitting rivers at the mouth of a river.

B. Alluvial planis a fan shaped mass of alluvium deposited as the flow of a river decreases in velocity