alluvium

alluvium

a deposit of sand, mud, silt, or gravel formed by flowing
Not to be confused with:alluvion – overflow; floodeluvium – a deposit of soil, dust, or rock debris formed by the decomposition of rockilluvium – the material accumulated through soil that has been leached out of another layer of soil

al·lu·vi·um

A0219700 (ə-lo͞o′vē-əm)n. pl. al·lu·vi·ums or al·lu·vi·a (-vē-ə) Sediment deposited by flowing water, as in a riverbed, flood plain, or delta. Also called alluvion.

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[Medieval Latin, flood, from neuter of Latin alluvius, alluvial, from alluere, to wash against; see alluvion.]

alluvium

(əˈluːvɪəm) n, pl -viums or -via (-vɪə) (Geological Science) a fine-grained fertile soil consisting of mud, silt, and sand deposited by flowing water on flood plains, in river beds, and in estuaries[C17: from Latin; see alluvion]

al•lu•vi•um

(əˈlu vi əm)

n., pl. -vi•ums, -vi•a (-vi ə) 1. a deposit of sand, mud, etc., formed by flowing water. 2. the sedimentary matter deposited thus within recent times, esp. in the valleys of large rivers. [1655–65; < Latin, n. use of neuter of alluvius washed against]

al·lu·vi·um

(ə-lo͞o′vē-əm) Sand, silt, mud, or other matter deposited by flowing water, as in a riverbed, floodplain, or delta.

Thesaurus

Noun

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alluvium - clay or silt or gravel carried by rushing streams and deposited where the stream slows downalluvial deposit, alluvial sediment, alluviondelta - a low triangular area of alluvial deposits where a river divides before entering a larger body of water; "the Mississippi River delta"; "the Nile delta"placer - an alluvial deposit that contains particles of some valuable mineralsediment, deposit - matter that has been deposited by some natural processalluvial soil - a fine-grained fertile soil deposited by water flowing over flood plains or in river beds

Translations

aluviónalluvionalluvioneterreno alluvionaleаллювий