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alluvion::noun | Spocien Dictionary

alluvion

noun

/ə'luviən/

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

Type	Words
Synonyms	alluvial deposit, alluvial sediment, alluvium
Type of	deposit, sediment
Has types	delta, placer

alluvion

noun

/ə'luviən/

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

Type	Words
Synonyms	deluge, flood, inundation
Type of	geological phenomenon
Has types	flashflood, noachian deluge, noah's flood, noah and the flood, flash flood, debacle, the flood

alluvion

noun

/ə'luviən/

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

Type	Words
Type of	geological process, geologic process