Alluvium synonyms

ə-lo͝o'vē-əm

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alluvion
(Law) The increase in the area of land due to the deposition of sediment (alluvium) by a river.
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alluvial sediment
clay or silt or gravel carried by rushing streams and deposited where the stream slows down
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alluvial deposit
clay or silt or gravel carried by rushing streams and deposited where the stream slows down
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diluvium
(Geol., former) Glacial drift: it was originally thought to have been caused by a great flood, esp. the Deluge
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spillage
The act of spilling or the amount spilled
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alluvial (related)
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brickearth (related)
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solifluction (related)
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colluvium (related)
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subsoil (related)
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fluvio-glacial (related)
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colluvial (related)
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tufa (related)
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marl (related)
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evaporite (related)
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clay-with-flints (related)
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deltaic (related)
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boulder clay (related)
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Alluvium Sentence Examples

  • The northern half of the province is flat, and even marshy along the coast, and consists of a broad band of alluvium formed by the series of parallel rivers descending from the south.

  • ALLUVIUM, soil or land deposited by running water.

  • The finer material constituting alluvium, often described as "silt," is sand and mud.

  • The coast, constantly encroaching on the sea by reason of the alluvium washed down by the rivers of the Pyrenees and Cvennes, is without important harbours saving that of Cette, itself continually invaded by the sand.

  • Reclaimed marsh-land and fresh alluvium (the so-called " front-lands " on rivers and bayous) are choice soil for Indian corn, sugar-cane, perique tobacco, semi-tropical fruits and cotton.

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