Dutch Meaning of alluvion

alluvium

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Definitions and Meaning of alluvion in English

Wordnet

alluvion (n)

gradual formation of new land, by recession of the sea or deposit of sediment

the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land

clay or silt or gravel carried by rushing streams and deposited where the stream slows down

Webster

alluvion (n.)

Wash or flow of water against the shore or bank.

An overflowing; an inundation; a flood.

Matter deposited by an inundation or the action of flowing water; alluvium.

An accession of land gradually washed to the shore or bank by the flowing of water. See Accretion.

FAQs About the word alluvion

alluvium

gradual formation of new land, by recession of the sea or deposit of sediment, the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land, clay or

overstroming,stortvloed,Bad,zondvloed,Vloed,instroom,Overstroming,Niagara,overloop,Rivier

droogte,droogte,drup,druppelen,dribbelen

alluviation => alluviatie, alluvial soil => Alluviale grond, alluvial sediment => alluviale sedimenten, alluvial plain => Vlakte, alluvial flat => Alluviale vlakte,