Alluvion Definition
alluvion
noun
- gradual formation of new land, by recession of the sea or deposit of sediment
- the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land; "plains fertilized by annual inundations"
- clay or silt or gravel carried by rushing streams and deposited where the stream slows down
Words that rhyme with alluvion
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