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[-vee-uh] . | 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. |
| al·lu·vi·a (ə-lōō'vē-ə) n. A plural of alluvium. |
| al·lu·vi·um (ə-lōō'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. [Medieval Latin, flood, from neuter of Latin alluvius, alluvial, from alluere, to wash against; see alluvion.] |