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alluvium

Translations

alluviumnoun

alluviums

alluviongéologie

The farmers were grateful for the rich alluvium that the river deposited on their fields each year.

Les agriculteurs étaient reconnaissants pour l'alluvion fertile que la rivière déposait chaque année sur leurs champs.

Additional translations

alluvionsau pluriel, pour désigner les dépôts alluviaux en général

Synonyms

alluviumnoun

A deposit of clay, silt, sand, and gravel left by flowing streams in a river valley or delta, typically producing fertile soil.

The farmers were grateful for the rich alluvium that the river deposited on their fields each year.

Sedimentary matter such as silt, sand, or gravel deposited by flowing water, regarded as a mass.

The delta is built from vast amounts of alluvium carried downriver.