alluvium

noun

Meaning

Soil, clay, silt or gravel deposited by flowing water, as it slows, in a river bed, delta, estuary or flood plain

Etymology / origin

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Related words

alluvial deposit(English)alluvial sediment(English)overbank(English)silt(English)sullage(English)illuvium(English)riverplain(English)warp(English)stratified(English)alluvial(English)bedrock(English)clayey(English)

Descendant words

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Sources

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