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Definitions for: Alluvium [n] clay or slit or gravel carried by rushing streams and deposited where the stream slows down
Webster (1913) Definition: 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.
Synonyms: alluvial deposit, alluvial sediment, alluvion
See Also: alluvial soil, deposit, placer, sediment
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