alluvion

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noun

1. gradual formation of new land, by recession of the sea or deposit of sediment
• Hypernyms:
geological process, geologic process
2. the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land
- plains fertilized by annual inundations
• Syn:
flood, inundation, deluge
• Derivationally related forms:
deluge (for: deluge), inundate (for: inundation), flood (for: flood)
• Hypernyms:
geological phenomenon
• Hyponyms:
debacle, flash flood, flashflood, Noah's flood, Noachian deluge,
Noah and the Flood, the Flood
3. clay or silt or gravel carried by rushing streams and deposited where the stream slows down
• Syn:
alluvial sediment, alluvial deposit, alluvium
• Derivationally related forms:
alluvial (for: alluvium)
• Hypernyms:
sediment, deposit
• Hyponyms:
delta, placer
• Substance Meronyms:
alluvial soil

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  alluvial sediment, alluvial deposit, alluvium, flood, inundation, deluge