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AlluviaAlluvium Al*lu"vi*um, n.; pl. E. Alluviums, L. Alluvia.
[L., neut. of alluvius. See Alluvious.] (Geol.)
Deposits of earth, sand, gravel, and other transported
matter, made by rivers, floods, or other causes, upon land
not permanently submerged beneath the waters of lakes or
seas. --Lyell. Alluvial
Alluvial Al*lu"vi*al, n.
Alluvial soil; specif., in Australia, gold-bearing alluvial
soil.
AlluvialAlluvial Al*lu"vi*al, a. [Cf. F. alluvial. See Alluvion.]
Pertaining to, contained in, or composed of, alluvium;
relating to the deposits made by flowing water; washed away
from one place and deposited in another; as, alluvial soil,
mud, accumulations, deposits. AlluvionAlluvion Al*lu"vi*on, n. [F. alluvion, L. alluvio, fr. alluere
to wash against; ad + luere, equiv. to lavare, to wash. See
Lave.]
1. Wash or flow of water against the shore or bank.
2. An overflowing; an inundation; a flood. --Lyell.
3. Matter deposited by an inundation or the action of flowing
water; alluvium.
The golden alluvions are there [in California and
Australia] spread over a far wider space: they are
found not only on the banks of rivers, and in their
beds, but are scattered over the surface of vast
plains. --R. Cobden.
4. (Law) An accession of land gradually washed to the shore
or bank by the flowing of water. See Accretion. AlluviousAlluvious Al*lu"vi*ous, n. [L. alluvius. See Alluvion.]
Alluvial. [R.] --Johnson. AlluviumAlluvium Al*lu"vi*um, n.; pl. E. Alluviums, L. Alluvia.
[L., neut. of alluvius. See Alluvious.] (Geol.)
Deposits of earth, sand, gravel, and other transported
matter, made by rivers, floods, or other causes, upon land
not permanently submerged beneath the waters of lakes or
seas. --Lyell. AlluviumsAlluvium Al*lu"vi*um, n.; pl. E. Alluviums, L. Alluvia.
[L., neut. of alluvius. See Alluvious.] (Geol.)
Deposits of earth, sand, gravel, and other transported
matter, made by rivers, floods, or other causes, upon land
not permanently submerged beneath the waters of lakes or
seas. --Lyell.
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