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Alluvial deposit   /ˌælˈuviəl dəpˈɑzɪt/   Listen
Alluvial deposit

noun
1.
Clay or silt or gravel carried by rushing streams and deposited where the stream slows down.  Synonyms: alluvial sediment, alluvion, alluvium.





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... since, heard so clear and perfect an echo with so many words repeated. We were camped on the right bank of the Yampa as the left was a bottom land covered with cedars and we preferred higher ground. This bottom was an alluvial deposit triangular in shape about a mile long and a quarter of a mile wide with the Yampa and Green on two sides and a vertical sandstone wall on the third. Behind our camp the rocks broke back in a rough, steep ...
— A Canyon Voyage • Frederick S. Dellenbaugh


Words linked to "Alluvial deposit" :   alluvial sediment, placer, delta, alluvium, sediment, deposit, alluvial soil, alluvion


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