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, alluvion |
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Narrower | delta | A low triangular area of alluvial deposits where a river divides before entering a larger / larger body of water |
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placer | An alluvial deposit that contains particles of some valuable mineral |
Broader | sediment, deposit | Matter that has been deposited by some natural process |
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Substances | alluvial soil | A fine-grained fertile soil deposited by water flowing over flood plains or in river beds |
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Spanish | aluvión, depósito aluvial, sedimento aluvial |
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Catalan | alluvio, al·luvió |
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Adjectives | alluvial | of or relating to alluvium |
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