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alluvium
(/@/'l/u/v/i//@/m )

noun (n)

  • clay or silt or gravel carried by rushing streams and deposited where the stream slows down(noun.object)
    source: wordnet30
  • 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.(noun)
    source: webster1913
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