Definitions for: Alluvion


[n] clay or slit or gravel carried by rushing streams and deposited where the stream slows down
[n] the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land; "plains fertilized by annual inundations"1
[n] gradual formation of new land, by recession of the sea or deposit of sediment



Webster (1913) Definition: Al*lu"vi*on, n. [F. alluvion, L. alluvio, fr. alluere
to wash against; ad + luere, equiv. to lavare, to wash. See
Lave.]
1. Wash or flow of water against the shore or bank.

2. An overflowing; an inundation; a flood. --Lyell.

3. Matter deposited by an inundation or the action of flowing
water; alluvium.

The golden alluvions are there [in California and
Australia] spread over a far wider space: they are
found not only on the banks of rivers, and in their
beds, but are scattered over the surface of vast
plains. --R. Cobden.

4. (Law) An accession of land gradually washed to the shore
or bank by the flowing of water. See Accretion.

Synonyms: alluvial deposit, alluvial sediment, alluvium, deluge, flood, inundation

See Also: alluvial soil, debacle, deposit, flash flood, flashflood, geological phenomenon, geological process, placer, sediment

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