HyperDic: alluvial_soil

English > 1 sense of the expression alluvial soil:
NOUNsubstancealluvial soila fine-grained fertile soil deposited by water flowing over flood plains or in river beds
English > alluvial soil: 1 sense > noun 1, substance
MeaningA fine-grained fertile soil deposited by water flowing over flood plains or in river beds.
Broadersoil, dirtThe part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock
Substance ofalluvial sediment, alluvial deposit, alluvium, alluvionclay or silt or gravel carried by rushing streams and deposited where the stream slows down
Spanishterreno aluvial
Catalanterreny al·luvial

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