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Definition of Alluvium
1. 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 Alluvium
1. n. Deposits of earth, sand, gravel, and other transported matter, made by rivers, floods, or other causes, upon land not permanently submerged beneath the waters of lakes or seas.
Definition of Alluvium
1. Noun. soil, clay, silt or gravel deposited by flowing water, as it slows, in a river bed, delta, estuary or flood plain ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Alluvium
1. detrital material deposited by running water [n -VIA or -VIUMS]
Medical Definition of Alluvium
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Origin: L, neut. Of alluvius. See Alluvious.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Alluvium
Literary usage of Alluvium
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The California Earthquake of April 18, 1906: Report of the State Earthquake by Andrew Cowper Lawson, Harry Fielding Reid (1910)
"THE GREATER DAMAGE ON alluvium. Experience shows that the damage done by destructive
earthquakes is much greater on alluvial soil than on solid rock. ..."
2. Principles of Geology: Or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and Its by Charles Lyell (1889)
"FOSSILS IN alluvium.—The next subject for our consideration, according to the
division before proposed, is the imbedding of organic bodies in alluvium. ..."
3. Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India by Geological Survey of India (1877)
"It may be sufficient to state here, that two general sub-divisions of the alluvium
are recognised, viz., old and new. The old has been by some authorities ..."
4. A Manual of Elementary Geology: Or, The Ancient Changes of the Earth and Its by Charles Lyell (1857)
"alluvium. alluvium described—Due to complicated causes—Of various ages, as shown
in Auvergne—How distinguished from rocks in situ—River-terraces—Parallel ..."
5. Report on the Geology, Mineralogy, Botany, and Zoology of Massachusetts by Massachusetts Geological Survey, Edward Hitchcock (1833)
"The consequence is, a rapid growth of alluvium ... Coast alluvium. This sort of
deposition is of two kinds. The first is produced by tides and currents in ..."
6. A Manual of the Geology of India: Chiefly Compiled from the Observations of by Geological Survey of India, Henry Benedict Medlicott, William Thomas Blanford (1893)
"(Exclusive of the Indo-Gangetic alluvium!) PENINSULAR ARKA—Extent ... and Kistna—Newer
alluvium of the east coast—Smooth water anchorages and recent ..."
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