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alluvial deposit

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Noun1.alluvial deposit - clay or silt or gravel carried by rushing streams and deposited where the stream slows downalluvial deposit - clay or silt or gravel carried by rushing streams and deposited where the stream slows down
alluvial sediment, alluvium, alluvion
delta - a low triangular area of alluvial deposits where a river divides before entering a larger body of water; "the Mississippi River delta"; "the Nile delta"
placer - an alluvial deposit that contains particles of some valuable mineral
sediment, deposit - matter that has been deposited by some natural process
alluvial soil - a fine-grained fertile soil deposited by water flowing over flood plains or in river beds
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One of these forts was the estate of the Great Dukes of Lithuania in the 13th century and thanks to the thick layer of alluvial deposit, the so called 'Lithuanian Troy' remained untouched for more than 700 years for the archaeologists to find.
Born to crawl--will never fly by Ponomarenko, Anton / The Baltic Times (Riga, Latvia)
Placer gold mining is the mining of alluvial deposits (deposits of sand and gravel in modern or ancient stream beds) for minerals.
Alaska Gold Rush by G M Stephens / Finance and Investment community
The difference now is that petrol motors are used to hose down the earth and then pump up the alluvial deposit to a makeshift sluice.
Illegal, polluting and dangerous: the gold rush in French Guiana by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk
 
 
 
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