alluviums

Variant of alluvium

alluvium definition

al·lu·vium (ə lo̵̅o̅′vē əm, a-)

noun pl. alluviums -·vi·ums or alluvia -·via (-vē ə)

sand, clay, silt, etc. gradually deposited by moving water, as along a river bed or the shore of a lake

Etymology: L, neut. of alluvius: see alluvion

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