Thesaurus: alluvion

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1. n. Wash or flow of water against the shore or bank.
2. n. An overflowing; an inundation; a flood.
3. n. Matter deposited by an inundation or the action of flowing water; alluvium.
4. n. An accession of land gradually washed to the shore or bank by the flowing of water. See Accretion.
5. n. gradual formation of new land, by recession of the sea or deposit of sediment
6. n. the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land
7. n. clay or silt or gravel carried by rushing streams and deposited where the stream slows down
8. An accession of land gradually washed to the shore or bank bythe flowing of water. See Accretion.
9. n. gradual formation of new land, by recession of the sea or deposit of sediment