Alluvium

[ə'l(j)uːvɪəm] or [ə'lʊvɪəm]

Definition

(n.) 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.

Checker: Max

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. Sediment, deposit, silt.

Editor: Shanna

Definition

n. the mass of water-borne matter deposited by rivers on lower lands:—pl. Allū′via.—adj. Allū′vial.

Typed by Darla