alluvial

From Latin alluvius (“alluvial”), from alluviō (“an overflowing, inundation”), from alluō (“wash against”).

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /əˈluː.vi.əl/

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alluvial (not comparable)

1. Pertaining to the soil deposited by a stream.
   • 1992, Anna K. Behrensmeyer & Robert W. Hook, "Paleoenvironmental Contexts and Taphonomic Modes" in, Terrestrial Ecosystems through Time, page 35.

     Soils are a prominent feature of floodplain environments, and we include them in this section because most of the available information on ancient soils pertains to alluvial examples, aside from those in Quaternary-Recent time.

• fluvial

• alluvial fan
• alluvially
• alluvial plain

alluvial (plural alluvials)

1. A deposition of sediment over a long period of time by a river; an alluvial layer.
2. Alluvial soil; specifically, in Australia, gold-bearing alluvial soil.

• The noun is normally used in the plural by engineers who recover valuable minerals from these layers.

• alluvium

• deltaic

alluvial (feminine singular alluviale, masculine plural alluviaux, feminine plural alluviales)

1. alluvial

• “alluvial” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

alluvial (not comparable)

1. alluvial