Alluvion

Language: English
Pronunciation: al-lu-vi-on
Part of Speech: noun

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The increase in the area of land due to the deposition of sediment (alluvium) by a river.

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"gradual formation of new land, by recession of the sea or deposit of sediment"

"the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land"

"clay or silt or gravel carried by rushing streams and deposited where the stream slows down"

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