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Alluvium

Alluvium Meaning & Definition
Alluvium Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Alluvium?

[n] clay or slit or gravel carried by rushing streams and deposited where the stream slows down

Synonyms | Synonyms for Alluvium: alluvial deposit | alluvial sediment | alluvion

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See Also | alluvial soil | deposit | placer | sediment

Alluvium In Webster's Dictionary

\Al*lu"vi*um\, n.; pl. E. {Alluviums}, L. {Alluvia}. [L., neut. of alluvius. See {Alluvious}.] (Geol.) Deposits of earth, sand, gravel, and other transported matter, made by rivers, floods, or other causes, upon land not permanently submerged beneath the waters of lakes or seas. --Lyell.

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