alluvium
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| —n , pl -viums, -via | |
| 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 | |
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Word Origin & History
alluvium
"matter deposited by flowing water," 1660s, from M.L. alluvium, neut. of alluvius "washed against," from L. alluere "wash against," from ad- "to, against" + -luere, comb. form of lavere "to wash" (see lave).
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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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alluvium
material deposited by rivers. It is usually most extensively developed in the lower part of the course of a river, forming floodplains and deltas, but may be deposited at any point where the river overflows its banks or where the velocity of a river is checked-for example, where it runs into a lake
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Quaternary alluvium is juxtaposed against bedrock along these faults.
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