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alluviums

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variants: or alluvia

plural of alluvium

Synonyms of alluviums

as in sediments, silts

Synonyms & Near Synonyms for alluviums

colluvia
(or colluviums),
detritus,
loesses,
marls,
sediments,
shingles,
silts

clods,
dirt,
earth,
ground,
molds

blacklands,
clays,
gaults
[chiefly British],
gleys,
gucks
(or gooks),
gumbos,
kaolins,
muck,
muds

dust,
gravels,
sands

humuses,
loams,
topsoils

duffs,
mulls

subsoils,
substrata

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