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Meanings of
alluvial deposit
in English
Portuguese
aluvião
Catalan
alluvio
Spanish
sedimento aluvial
Back to the meaning
Clay or silt or gravel carried by rushing streams and deposited where the stream slows down.
alluvium
alluvion
alluvial sediment
Portuguese
aluvião
Usage of
alluvial deposit
in English
1
This he spat out, and so gradually formed by
alluvial
deposit
an island.
2
The soil upon the plain was an
alluvial
deposit
;
that in the brushes was sandy.
3
It prefers a rich, strong soil or
alluvial
deposit
.
4
The soil was an
alluvial
deposit
,
superficially sandy; and many shells were scattered over its surface.
5
The ground under us was an
alluvial
deposit
,
and bore all the marks of frequent inundation.
6
They were
alluvial
deposit
of the stream of life lodged in the delta of Fifth Avenue and Broadway.
7
Every great plain is the
alluvial
deposit
of a great river, ultimately derived from a great mountain chain.
8
The soil, although an
alluvial
deposit
,
is not of the best; nor was vegetation either fresh or close upon it.
9
The sod removed, there was exposed a rectangle of black soil, for the earth was of
alluvial
deposit
and easy of digging.
10
In the Nile valley in Egypt nine towns, in one location, have been unearthed, each town in a different strata of
alluvial
deposit
.
11
Their soil is composed of the very richest
alluvial
deposit
,
and has produced some of the finest crops of wheat in the province.
12
Few soils come amiss to the Tulip Tree, it thriving well in that of very opposite descriptions-loam ,almostpure gravel, and
alluvial
deposit
.
13
Egypt has been an extraordinary instance of the actual formation of a country by
alluvial
deposit
;
it has been CREATED by a single river.
14
This stream caused so much
alluvial
deposit
that the sea receded from Richborough in early Saxon times, and part of the population removed to Sandwich.
15
He had scouted the coast earlier and seen several
alluvial
deposits
.
16
He reiterated: The richest gold in all
alluvial
deposits
is found upon bed-rock.
Other examples for "alluvial deposit"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
This collocation consists of:
alluvial
deposit
alluvial
Adjective
Noun
Translations for
alluvial deposit
Portuguese
aluvião
Catalan
alluvio
Spanish
sedimento aluvial
aluvión
depósito aluvial
Alluvial deposit
across language varieties
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