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alluvial soil

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Noun1.alluvial soil - a fine-grained fertile soil deposited by water flowing over flood plains or in river beds
alluvial deposit, alluvial sediment, alluvium, alluvion - clay or silt or gravel carried by rushing streams and deposited where the stream slows down
dirt, soil - the part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock


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The shores were in some places high and rocky, with low marshy islands at their feet, subject to inundation, and covered with willows, poplars, and other trees that love an alluvial soil.
Astoria or Anecdotes of an enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains by Irving, Washington View in context
Every year the floods deposited a rich alluvial soil on this spot, where there should be no difficulty in growing osiers.
The Country Doctor by de Balzac, Honore View in context
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