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Alluvion

nounverified·updated May 18, 2026

clay or silt or gravel carried by rushing streams and deposited where the stream slows down

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the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land

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gradual formation of new land, by recession of the sea or deposit of sediment

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Variants

synonym
alluvial sedimentflood
plural
Alluvions
possessive
Alluvion's
pluralpossessive
Alluvions'