alluvial
Use Alluvial in a sentence
vi adjective
1.
of or pertaining to alluvium.
noun
2.
alluvial soil.
3.
Australia. gold-bearing alluvial soil.
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| —adj | |
| 1. | of or relating to alluvium |
| —n | |
| 2. | another name for alluvium |
| 3. | (Austral), (NZ) alluvium containing any heavy mineral, esp gold |
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alluvium (ə-l 'vē-əm) Pronunciation Key
Plural alluviums or alluvia Sand, silt, clay, gravel, or other matter deposited by flowing water, as in a riverbed, floodplain, delta, or alluvial fan. Alluvium is generally considered a young deposit in terms of geologic time. alluvial adjective |
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Example sentences
The river flows in long sigmoid curves through an alluvial valley of no great width.
Alluvial fans are aggrading deposits of alluvium deposited by a stream issuing from a canyon onto a surface or valley floor.
Once a swampy, alluvial plain, the region now sustains.
Alluvial matter made in the form of a brick, and used for cleaning knives and polishing metals.
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