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Definition of Alluvion
1. Noun. Gradual formation of new land, by recession of the sea or deposit of sediment.
2. Noun. The rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land. "Plains fertilized by annual inundations"
Generic synonyms: Geological Phenomenon
Specialized synonyms: Debacle, Flash Flood, Flashflood, Noachian Deluge, Noah And The Flood, Noah's Flood, The Flood
Derivative terms: Deluge, Flood, Flood, Flood, Inundate, Inundate
3. Noun. Clay or silt or gravel carried by rushing streams and deposited where the stream slows down.
Specialized synonyms: Delta, Placer
Generic synonyms: Deposit, Sediment
Terms within: Alluvial Soil
Derivative terms: Alluvial
Definition of Alluvion
1. n. Wash or flow of water against the shore or bank.
Definition of Alluvion
1. Noun. (legal) The increase in the area of land due to the deposition of sediment (alluvium) by a river. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Alluvion
1. alluvium [n -S] - See also: alluvium
Medical Definition of Alluvion
1. 1. Wash or flow of water against the shore or bank. 2. An overflowing; an inundation; a flood. 3. Matter deposited by an inundation or the action of flowing water; alluvium. "The golden alluvions are there [in California and Australia] spread over a far wider space: they are found not only on the banks of rivers, and in their beds, but are scattered over the surface of vast plains." (R. Cobden) 4. An accession of land gradually washed to the shore or bank by the flowing of water. See Accretion. Origin: F. Alluvion, L. Alluvio, fr. Alluere to wash against; ad + luere, equiv. To lavare, to wash. See Lave. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Alluvion
Literary usage of Alluvion
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1912)
"»ted on the shore of a river or creek, are called alluvion. The alluvion belongs
to the owner of the soil situa toil on the edge of the water, whether it be ..."
2. A Treatise on the Law of Navigable Rivers by Louis Houck (1868)
"I. alluvion is denned to be the insensible increase of the earth, made to land
by the force ... The characteristic of alluvion is, that it is imperceptible, ..."
3. The American Law Journal by John Elihu Hall (1814)
"alluvion. This then is the system of law by which the legal character of the
facts of the case is now to be tested: and the plaintiff and his counsel having ..."
4. The Law of Nations: Or, Principles of the Law of Nature, Applied to the by Emer de Vattel, Joseph Chitty (1883)
"That bed (notwithstanding what we have said in § 267) is no longer the pro- /
perty of the public, because of the right of alluvion vested / in the owners ..."
5. The Law of Nations, Or, Principles of the Law of Nature Applied to the by Emer de Vattel, Joseph Chitty, Edward Duncan Ingraham (1867)
"... whether it belongs entirely el"°*B*i' to one of them, their rights with respect
to the river are in thc right tu no wise changed by the alluvion. ..."
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