English dictionary
alluvium
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Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.
noun
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clay or silt or gravel carried by rushing streams and deposited where the stream slows down
Source: WordNet 3.0
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Deposits of earth, sand, gravel, and other transported matter, made by rivers, floods, or other causes, upon land not permanently submerged beneath the waters of lakes or seas.
Source: webster1913