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Alluvion - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'Alluvion' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Alluvion [ n.]
- Wash or flow of water against the shore or bank.
- An overflowing; an inundation; a flood.
- Matter deposited by an inundation or the action of flowing water; alluvium.
- An accession of land gradually washed to the shore or bank by the flowing of water. See Accretion.

Meaning of 'Alluvion' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . alluvion [ n]
Meaning (1):
- the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land
Example in sentence:
  • plains fertilized by annual inundations

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