| NOUN | object | alluvial deposit, alluvial sediment, alluvium, alluvion | clay or silt or gravel carried by rushing streams and deposited where the stream slows down |
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| Meaning | clay or silt or gravel carried by rushing streams and deposited where the stream slows down. | |
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| Synonyms | alluvial sediment, alluvium, alluvion | |
| Narrower | delta | A low triangular area of alluvial deposits where a river divides before entering a larger / larger body of water |
| placer | An alluvial deposit that contains particles of some valuable mineral | |
| Broader | sediment, deposit | Matter that has been deposited by some natural process |
| Substances | alluvial soil | A fine-grained fertile soil deposited by water flowing over flood plains or in river beds |
| Spanish | aluvión, depósito aluvial, sedimento aluvial | |
| Catalan | alluvio, al·luvió | |
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