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"

3. Noun. Clay or silt or gravel carried by rushing streams and deposited where the stream slows down.
Exact synonyms: Alluvial Deposit, Alluvial Sediment, Alluvium
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

allusiveness
allusivenesses
allusory
alluvia
alluvial
alluvial cone
alluvial deposit
alluvial fan
alluvial fans
alluvial plain
alluvial plains
alluvial sediment
alluvial soil
alluvials
alluviation
alluvion (current term)
alluvions
alluvious
alluvium
alluviums
allways
allwhere
allwork
ally
ally with
allyboration
allying
allyl
allyl alcohol
allyl chloride

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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