Alluvial Definition

ə-lo͝ovē-əl
adjective
Of, relating to, or found in alluvium.
Alluvial soil; alluvial gold.
American Heritage
Of, found in, or made up of, alluvium.
Webster's New World

Pertaining to the soil deposited by a stream.

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noun

Alluvium.

Webster's New World

A deposition of sediment over a long period of time by a river; an alluvial layer.

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Origin of Alluvial

  • From Latin alluvius (“alluvial”), from alluviō (“an overflowing, inundation”), from alluō (“wash against”).

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Alluvial Sentence Examples

  • The alluvial lands include the river flood plains.

  • In physical character Cambay is entirely an alluvial plain.

  • In the valleys also are strips covered with a fertile alluvial deposit.

  • The prevailing soils are sand and gravel loams, but other varieties are numerous, ranging from rich alluvial beds of extinct lakes, as in parts of Lyon and Esmeralda counties, to the strongly alkaline plains of the southern deserts.

  • Most of its alluvial burden being deposited in the lakes, the Neva takes a long time to alter its channels or extend its delta.

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