alluvium

noun

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al·lu·vi·um | \ ə-ˈlü-vē-əm

plural alluviums or alluvia\ ə-ˈlü-vē-ə

Definition of alluvium

: clay, silt, sand, gravel, or similar detrital material deposited by running water

Examples of alluvium in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Scott traces their advent to a few hundred years later, in a constellation of cities that sprang up on the Mesopotamian alluvium around what was then the northern end of the Persian Gulf. — Tim Flannery, The New York Review of Books, "The First Mean Streets," 25 Feb. 2020

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