NOUN | substance | alluvial soil | a fine-grained fertile soil deposited by water flowing over flood plains or in river beds |
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Meaning | A fine-grained fertile soil deposited by water flowing over flood plains or in river beds. | |
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Broader | soil, dirt | The part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock |
Substance of | alluvial sediment, alluvial deposit, alluvium, alluvion | clay or silt or gravel carried by rushing streams and deposited where the stream slows down |
Spanish | terreno aluvial | |
Catalan | terreny al·luvial |
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