Alluvium Synonyms

ə-lo͝ovē-əm
Clay or silt or gravel carried by rushing streams and deposited where the stream slows down
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. alluvial sediment
  2. alluvial deposit
  3. diluvium
  4. alluvion
  5. spillage

Words Related to Alluvium

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. alluvial
  2. brickearth
  3. solifluction
  4. boulder clay
  5. colluvium
  6. subsoil
  7. fluvio-glacial
  8. colluvial
  9. tufa
  10. marl
  11. evaporite
  12. clay-with-flints
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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.

  • The soil of Romney Marsh is a clay alluvium.

  • 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.

  • Although it may be exceedingly fine-grained, there is usually very little clay in alluvium.

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