| NOUN | process | alluvion | gradual formation of new land, by recession of the sea or deposit of sediment |
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| phenomenon | alluvion, flood, inundation, deluge | the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land | |
| object | alluvion, alluvial sediment, alluvial deposit, alluvium | clay or silt or gravel carried by rushing streams and deposited where the stream slows down |
| Meaning | gradual formation of new land, by recession of the sea or deposit of sediment. | |
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| Broader | geological process, geologic process | (geology) a natural process whereby geological features are modified |
| Spanish | aluvión | |
| Catalan | al·luvió | |
| Meaning | The rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land. | |
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| Synonyms | flood, inundation, deluge | |
| Narrower | Noah's flood, Noachian deluge, Noah and the Flood, the Flood | (Biblical) the great deluge that is said in the Book of Genesis to have occurred in the time of Noah |
| debacle | flooding caused by a tumultuous breakup of ice in a river during the spring or summer | |
| flash flood, flashflood | A sudden local flood of great volume and short duration | |
| Broader | geological phenomenon | A natural phenomenon involving the structure or composition of the earth |
| Spanish | aluvión, avalancha, avenida, diluvio, inundación | |
| Catalan | diluvi, inundació | |
| Meaning | clay or silt or gravel carried by rushing streams and deposited where the stream slows down. | |
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| Synonyms | alluvial sediment, alluvial deposit, alluvium | |
| 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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