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Meaning of "alluvium"
alluvium (noun): Material such as sand, silt, and clay that is deposited by flowing water, typically found in riverbeds and floodplains
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- soil, clay, silt or gravel deposited by flowing water, as it slows, in a river bed, delta, estuary or flood plain
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Quaternary alluvium covers the whole suburb.
The soil is composed of different varieties of alluvium.
Alluvium from small rivers is less rounded.
The great depth of alluvium in some places.
The sediment deposited by a stream is called alluvium.
This alluvium builds up to form the river delta.
This is known as an alluvium filtration system.
The coastal area is mostly alluvium.
Rolling alluvium with limestone outcrop.
Around the creeks is plenty of alluvium.
Groundwater in alluvium and deeper aquifers is main source of supply.
There are also a few patches of alluvium and fill.
Alluvium is soil that has been deposited by rivers or flowing water.
There is also an area of alluvium at the mouth of the creek.
With the characteristic alluvium.
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A thick mantle of alluvium is the dominant soil of the terrain.
The low declivity alluvium.
Extraction of riverine alluvium is one of the major environmental problems in the basin.
The sediment deposited by this running water is called alluvium.
There are also a few patches of alluvium and three patches of wetland.
The plant is able to grow in a range of soils from sands to alluvium.
The distinction between colluvium and alluvium relates to the involvement of running water.
Alluvial floodplains have developed in the lower park on deposits of quaternary alluvium.
This clay is also found around the alluvium along the river.
The oldest alluvium has accumulated in terraces mainly in the north of the commune.
The red ferruginous soil in the hill area and the alluvium in the valley.
Alluvium can contain valuable ores such as gold and platinum and a wide variety of gemstones.
Once this occurs benches composed completely of alluvium form on the sides of the valley.
The alluvium which forms the soil is highly fertile once freshwater plants start to grow.
The dam was constructed with the boulder clay and alluvium excavated from the reservoir bed.
Alluvium is common on both sides of the river Mirusha.
The soils of the Ambedkarnagar district are alluvium.
Those in alluvium are generally found in southern Madagascar or in the Maevatanana region.
The type of soil is partly Alluvium in nature.
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In general there is not a wide spread in the area of Alluvium.
The valleys are covered by alluvium from the recent Quaternary period.
The visible part of the islands of the Archipelago is formed of recent alluvium.
They carry a large amount of the alluvium which ends up in the Tigris.
He then founded a city in a place which the Achelous had formed with its alluvium.
The land of the upazila is composed of alluvium soil of the Pleistocene period.
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Most settlements in ancient Egypt were situated on the alluvium of the Nile floodplain.
The Argence Valley has alluvium from the Quaternary gritty clay and Peat.
The two types of rocks found in Santa Cruz are alluvium and clastic rocks.
Small areas of peat, alluvium and blown sand are also present in places.
This surface is considered to represent the contact of postglacial estuarine alluvium with Pleistocene sediments.
It consists of modern alluvium from the Rhône and the Durance.
The base of the Kilmersdon Valley is of alluvium deposits.
The alluvium which is found in the Indo-Gangetic plain belongs to this era.
