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Alluvium   /ˌælˈuviəm/   Listen
Alluvium

noun
(pl. E. alluviums, L. alluvia)
1.
Clay or silt or gravel carried by rushing streams and deposited where the stream slows down.  Synonyms: alluvial deposit, alluvial sediment, alluvion.





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... rock of Pierrelatte, that enormous block of stone which overhangs the place where they dwell, a reef which rises from the surface of the ancient sea of alluvium, compared with these blocks of uprooted granite which lie upon the ...
— Fabre, Poet of Science • Dr. G.V. (C.V.) Legros


Words linked to "Alluvium" :   alluvial, placer, alluvial deposit, deposit, sediment, alluvial soil, delta


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