Defenition of the word alluvion

• Defenition of the word alluvion

  • An overflowing; an inundation or flood, especially when the water is charged with much suspended material. (Source: BJGEO)
  • gradual formation of new land, by recession of the sea or deposit of sediment
  • clay or silt or gravel carried by rushing streams and deposited where the stream slows down
  • the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land; "plains fertilized by annual inundations"
  • the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land

Synonyms for the word alluvion

• • alluvial deposit
  • alluvial sediment
  • alluvium
  • deluge
  • flood
  • inundation

Hyponyms for the word alluvion

• • debacle
  • delta
  • flash flood
  • flashflood
  • noachian deluge
  • noah and the flood
  • noah's flood
  • placer
  • the flood

Hypernyms for the word alluvion

• • deposit
  • geologic process
  • geological phenomenon
  • geological process
  • sediment

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