Associations to the word «Alluvium»

Wiktionary

ALLUVIUM, noun. Soil, clay, silt or gravel deposited by flowing water, as it slows, in a river bed, delta, estuary or flood plain

Dictionary definition

ALLUVIUM, noun. Clay or silt or gravel carried by rushing streams and deposited where the stream slows down.

Wise words

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