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Significados de alluvium en inglés
Clay or silt or gravel carried by rushing streams and deposited where the stream slows down.
Sinónimos
Examples for "alluvion"
Examples for "alluvion"
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.
Uso de alluvium en inglés
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.
6
Although it may be exceedingly fine-grained, there is usually very little clay in alluvium.
7
The soil is chiefly volcanic ash, disintegrated basalt and alluvium.
8
My feet went out from under me again, and my knees cracked against alluvium.
9
The latter seems never to have been seen before in the old alluvium of France.
10
The soil was a deep and rich alluvium, and was cultivated with the utmost care.
11
It took us over a minute to drop through layers of dune sand and alluvium.
12
The alluvium of the fens, on the other hand, has very probably suffered a slight depression.
13
Stacks of printouts drooped on shelves and file cabinets, fanning out like alluvium seeking the lowest point.
14
First came mere alluvium, without human remains.
15
They have also been traced far up the valley above Amiens, wherever patches of the old alluvium occur.
16
He had, in fact, arrived at the Isthmus of Portland, a diluvian alluvium which is called Chess Hill.
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Translations for alluvium
portugués
catalán
Alluvium a través del tiempo