Alluvion - Definition
alluvion
n 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; "plains fertilized by annual inundations"
[syn: flood, inundation, deluge, alluvion]
3: clay or silt or gravel carried by rushing streams and
deposited where the stream slows down [syn: alluvial
sediment, alluvial deposit, alluvium, alluvion]