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Adjective
/əˈlo͞ovēəl/,
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Of, relating to or derived from alluvium,
  1. Of, relating to or derived from alluvium
    • - rich alluvial soils
  1. of or relating to alluvium
  2. (alluvium) alluvial sediment: clay or silt or gravel carried by rushing streams and deposited where the stream slows down
  3. Alluvial (foaled 1969 in Kentucky) is an American thoroughbred mare racehorse. She is sired by U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee Buckpasser, who in turn was sired by the 1953 United States Horse of the Year, Tom Fool, out of the Hill Prince mare Bayou. ...
  4. Alluvium (from the Latin, alluvius, from alluere, "to wash against") is loose, unconsolidated (not cemented together into a solid rock), soil or sediments, eroded, deposited, and reshaped by water in some form in a non-marine setting. ...
  5. (Alluvium (peercasting)) Alluvium is open source peercasting software developed by the , first released in 2003. It comprises three components, Core, Media Player, and Server. Alluvium allows video and audio programming to be broadcast over the Internet using swarming technology. ...
  6. A deposition of sediment over a long period of time by a river; an alluvial layer; Pertaining to the soil deposited by a stream
  7. (alluvium) soil, clay, silt or gravel deposited by flowing water, as it slows, in a river bed, delta, estuary or flood plain
  8. (Alluvium) A general term for clay, silt, sand, gravel, or similar unconsolidated material deposited by a stream or other body of running water.
  9. (Alluvium) Sand, clay or mud deposited as sediment on riparian land.
  10. (Alluvium) Material, such as sand, silt, or clay, deposited on land by streams.
  11. (Alluvium) consists of sediments [q.v.] that have been carried by a stream or other water flow. The water deposits unconsolidated [q.v.] [q.v.] terrestrial sediment composed of sorted or unsorted sand, gravel, and clay.
  12. (Alluvium) rock particles (clay, silt, sand and gravel) deposited by a river.
  13. (ALLUVIUM) Sediment deposited on land by streams, such as sand, silt, and mud; usually well sorted by particle size and deposited in river beds, flood plains, and lakes.
  14. (Alluvium) A general term for all detrital material deposited or in transit by streams, including gravel, sand, silt, clay, and all variations and mixtures of these.
  15. (Alluvium) Sediments deposited by erosion processes, usually by streams.
  16. (Alluvium) Stream-deposited sediments found within a stream valley, on an alluvial fan or on a delta. Alluvium is usually unconsolidated and deposited within geologically recent time.
  17. (ALLUVIUM) The gradual increase of the earth on a shore of an ocean or bank of a stream resulting from the action of the water.
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  19. (Alluvium) Landform. Debris from mountain erosion (e.g., rocks, sand, and gravel) that is moved by flowing water and deposited where the water slows down (e.g., riverbeds, flood plains, and alluvial fans).
  20. (Alluvium) Sometimes called silt it is made up of the fine soil and debris left after a river floods or deposits its load.
  21. (Alluvium) a general term for detrital deposits made by streams on river beds, flood plains, and alluvial fans, especially a deposit of silt or silty clay laid down during a time of flood.
  22. (Alluvium) river depositied material in the form of sand and silt.  Usually during a flood or at a delta.
  23. (Alluvium) river deposits found either on the floodplain or historic point-bars.
  24. (Alluvium) sediments such as sand and clay that have been dumped over time by streams and running water.
  25. (alluvium) Loosely compacted sand, gravel, and silt deposited by streams in relatively recent geologic time. The most common surface material in the valleys of western Utah.