alluvion, n.
(alluvions)
(alluvions)
clay or silt or gravel carried by rushing streams and deposited where the stream slows down
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alluvial deposit alluvial sediment alluvion alluvium
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the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land
<noun.phenomenon> freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 1
alluvion deluge flood inundation
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"plains fertilized by annual inundations"
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gradual formation of new land, by recession of the sea or deposit of sediment
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alluvion
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