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Recent Examples of alluvium
What used to be open water was heading towards alluvium, and oblivion.
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Rob Crossan,
Condé Nast Traveler,
24 Mar. 2026
The tunnel will traverse multiple difficult subsoil layers: a surface of historical and active landfill materials, including spoil from London tunneling projects and decades-old power station fly ash, a thick layer of alluvium composed of silts, clays, and peat, and, finally, highly variable chalk.
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Theo Burman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 July 2025
At some point, alluvium buried the entire tusk, possibly from major storm flooding.
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Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
14 Aug. 2024
The tusk was covered with alluvium, possibly during a major flooding event, MDEQ said.
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Meredith Deliso,
ABC News,
13 Aug. 2024
These waters carried debris called alluvium, that makes up the Delta's fertile soil.
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Richard Mason,
Arkansas Online,
23 May 2021
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.
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Tim Flannery,
The New York Review of Books,
12 Mar. 2020
Rob Crossan,
Condé Nast Traveler,
24 Mar. 2026
The tunnel will traverse multiple difficult subsoil layers: a surface of historical and active landfill materials, including spoil from London tunneling projects and decades-old power station fly ash, a thick layer of alluvium composed of silts, clays, and peat, and, finally, highly variable chalk.
—
Theo Burman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 July 2025
At some point, alluvium buried the entire tusk, possibly from major storm flooding.
—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
14 Aug. 2024
The tusk was covered with alluvium, possibly during a major flooding event, MDEQ said.
—
Meredith Deliso,
ABC News,
13 Aug. 2024
These waters carried debris called alluvium, that makes up the Delta's fertile soil.
—
Richard Mason,
Arkansas Online,
23 May 2021
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,
12 Mar. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for alluvium
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The channel entrance to Alamitos Bay has been dredged at times to help boaters navigate the harbor, and the sediment is also used to stabilize the shoreline at Peninsula Beach between 62nd Place and 72nd Place, but that project hasn’t occurred for 15 years, according to the city.
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Together, these methods help build a timeline of when each layer of sediment and the plastic trapped in it were deposited.
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The Hansen Dam Aquatic Center pool was constructed in 1999 in a $15-million project to replace a previous pool in the area that was filled with silt.
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The ratio of sand, silt, and clay determines the soil's texture.
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The death toll was so high partly because many people lived in cave dwellings carved into soft loess soil.
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Officials said the feature continued downward into the loess beneath the prehistoric site.
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Freshman Ben Smith became the first NCAA outdoor champion for Oregon in the shot put since Dean Crouser (1982) with a marl of 69-0 1/2.
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Unlike Franciacorta's more established, polished houses, Alta Langa is defined by its small growers, who make the most of the cooler temperatures of the Langhe hills and their chalky marl soils, which give the wines crisp acidity, fine texture and a savoury, mineral backbone.
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Its outer space is filled with cosmic detritus, mean characters and cute critters.
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Despite those efforts, the pool still faced algae blooms and needed to be emptied out periodically to clean out algae, goose droppings and other detritus.
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Much of the valley sits over an ancient riverbed, with the hillsides composed of fractured sandstone and clay.
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Its beige/clay color is also an easy one to pair with all styles of outfits.
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“Alluvium.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/alluvium. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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