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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diluvium
(Geol., former) Glacial drift: it was originally thought to have been caused by a great flood, esp. the Deluge
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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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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.

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

  • 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.

  • The soil of Romney Marsh is a clay alluvium.

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