Definition of Aluvium
Al*lu"vi*um (&?;), n.; pl. E.
Alluviums, L. Alluvia (&?;). [L., neut.
of alluvius. See Alluvious.] (Geol.) 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. Lyell.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- soil, clay, silt or gravel deposited by flowing water, as it slows, in a river bed, delta, estuary or flood plain
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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