alluvium

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Noun

alluvium (plural alluviums)

1. soil, clay, silt or gravel deposited by flowing water, as it slows, in a river bed, delta, estuary or flood plain

   Synonyms: alluvion, alluvial deposit

Translations

• French: alluvion
• German: Alluvium, Alluvialboden, Anschwemmungsboden
• Portuguese: aluvião, alúvio
• Russian: аллю́вий
• Spanish: aluvión

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