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Meanings of alluvial sediment in English
Clay or silt or gravel carried by rushing streams and deposited where the stream slows down.
Synonyms
Examples for "alluvium"
Examples for "alluvium"
1
From Barka to Metemma we find alluvium as the general formation.
2
The river has its course through the alluvium, like the Soane.
3
The deep alluvium of the plain furnishes no stone whatever for such purposes.
4
They are found in a sandy alluvium which is very boggy when wet.
5
The finer material constituting alluvium, often described as ''silt,'' is sand and mud.
1
The level surface of this alluvion is illustrated by the very slight descent of the Jhelam.
2
Most of the mountains are arable, and even the prairies, in this section of the republic, are of deep alluvion.
3
The whole party crowded to the spot where Uncas pointed out the impression of a moccasin in the moist alluvion.
4
Probable depth of alluvion is about one fifth of a mile, by inference from the depth of the Gulf of Mexico.'
5
The banks consisted of dark alluvion ten to fifteen feet above the water, bearing a dense growth of trees and shrubbery.
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.
Translations for alluvial sediment
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