alluvion

al·lu·vi·on  (-lv-n)

n.

1. See alluvium.

2. The flow of water against a shore or bank.

3. Inundation by water; flood.

4. Law The increasing of land area along a shore by deposited alluvium or by the recession of water.

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[Latin alluvi, alluvin-, from alluere, to wash against : ad-, ad- + -luere, to wash; see leu()- in Indo-European roots.]

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alluvion

1. the gradual depositing by a river of earth and other material on the banks.
2. also called alluvium. the material deposited.

See also: Rivers

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	alluvion - gradual formation of new land, by recession of the sea or deposit of sediment geologic process, geological process - (geology) a natural process whereby geological features are modified
	2.	alluvion - the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land; "plains fertilized by annual inundations" flood, inundation, deluge geological phenomenon - a natural phenomenon involving the structure or composition of the earth debacle - flooding caused by a tumultuous breakup of ice in a river during the spring or summer flash flood, flashflood - a sudden local flood of great volume and short duration Noachian deluge, Noah and the Flood, Noah's flood, the Flood - (Biblical) the great deluge that is said in the Book of Genesis to have occurred in the time of Noah; it was brought by God upon the earth because of the wickedness of human beings
	3.	alluvion - clay or silt or gravel carried by rushing streams and deposited where the stream slows down alluvial deposit, alluvial sediment, alluvium 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