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alluvion
noun
Clay or silt or gravel carried by rushing streams and deposited where the stream slows down
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noun
Clay or silt or gravel carried by rushing streams and deposited where the stream slows down
noun
The rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land
“Plains fertilized by annual inundations”
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Gradual formation of new land, by recession of the sea or deposit of sediment
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Plains fertilized by annual inundations
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