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Alluvion

noun
1.
Gradual formation of new land, by recession of the sea or deposit of sediment.
2.
The rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land.  Synonyms: deluge, flood, inundation.
3.
Clay or silt or gravel carried by rushing streams and deposited where the stream slows down.  Synonyms: alluvial deposit, alluvial sediment, alluvium.





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"Alluvion" Quotes from Famous Books



... of this alluvion is illustrated by the very slight descent of the Jhelam. From Ismailabad, near the head of the valley, and fifty-four hundred feet above the level of the sea, the fall to Srinagar, thirty miles, is seventy-five feet; and from the capital to Lake Wular, twenty-four miles below, ...
— Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, September, 1878 • Various


Words linked to "Alluvion" :   geological process, sediment, flash flood, Noah's flood, delta, deposit, geologic process, Noachian deluge, debacle, the Flood, placer, alluvial soil, alluvial deposit, geological phenomenon, flashflood, Noah and the Flood


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