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alluvium::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | alluvial deposit, alluvial sediment, alluvion |
| Type of | deposit, sediment |
| Has types | delta, placer |
| Derivation | alluvial |
Examples of alluvium
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Over the centuries the gulf silted up with alluvium carried by the Meander River.
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North of this lies a band of sedimentary alluvium, clay, limestone, and sandstone.
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Similarly Romney Marsh and Dungeness have been formed by accumulation of alluvium.
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The underlying rock is chalk on the downs, with alluvium in the old river channels.
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Khaddar or newer alluvium is confined to the river channels and their flood plains.
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Types of placer deposits include alluvium, eluvium, beach placers, and paleoplacers.
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As a rule, seismic waves travel faster through rock than through alluvium.
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Many wadis have pans of alluvium with rich soil that are also difficult to cultivate.
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The alluvium has developed because of the saltwater streams that cut across the shoal.
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- Alluvial sediment: clay or silt or gravel carried by rushing streams and deposited where the stream slows down
- (alluvial) of or relating to alluvium
- Alluvium (from the Latin, alluvius, from alluere, "to wash against") is loose, unconsolidated (not cemented together into a solid rock), soil or sediments, eroded, deposited, and reshaped by water in some form in a non-marine setting. ...
- Alluvium is open source peercasting software developed by the , first released in 2003. It comprises three components, Core, Media Player, and Server. Alluvium allows video and audio programming to be broadcast over the Internet using swarming technology. ...
- (Alluvial (horse)) Alluvial (foaled 1969 in Kentucky) is an American thoroughbred mare racehorse. She is sired by U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee Buckpasser, who in turn was sired by the 1953 United States Horse of the Year, Tom Fool, out of the Hill Prince mare Bayou. ...
- Soil, clay, silt or gravel deposited by flowing water, as it slows, in a river bed, delta, estuary or flood plain
- (alluvial) A deposition of sediment over a long period of time by a river; an alluvial layer; Pertaining to the soil deposited by a stream
- (Alluvial) Sedimentary material from running water, sometimes containing precious metals, which is deposited in river beds, flood plains, lakes or at the foot of mountain slopes.
- (Alluvial) Relating to material deposited by running water.
