Definition of Alluvions

1. alluvion [n] - See also: alluvion

Lexicographical Neighbors of Alluvions

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

Literary usage of Alluvions

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. International Law: A Treatise by Lassa Oppenheim (1905)
"And within the circle of natural formations different kinds must again be distinguished—namely, alluvions, deltas, new-born islands, ..."

2. An Introductory Discourse, Delivered Before the Literary and Philosophical by DeWitt Clinton (1815)
"Cultivation increases the alluvions of rivers, etc. by loosening the soil, and depriving it of the trees and plants which prevented it from being carried ..."

3. The American Law Journal by John Elihu Hall (1814)
"The law of France adopts the rule of the civil law which gives the alluvions of navigable rivers to the owners of the adjacent estates. ..."

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