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Alluvion

noun
1.
Gradual formation of new land, by recession of the sea or deposit of sediment.
2.
The rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land.  Synonyms: deluge, flood, inundation.
3.
Clay or silt or gravel carried by rushing streams and deposited where the stream slows down.  Synonyms: alluvial deposit, alluvial sediment, alluvium.





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Words linked to "Alluvion" :   deposit, delta, flash flood, the Flood, placer, Noah's flood, debacle, Noachian deluge, flashflood, geological process, geologic process, alluvial soil, Noah and the Flood, geological phenomenon, sediment


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