alluvium (redirected from alluviums)

al·lu·vi·um  (-lv-m)

n. pl. al·lu·vi·ums or al·lu·vi·a (-v-)

Sediment deposited by flowing water, as in a riverbed, flood plain, or delta. Also called alluvion.

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[Medieval Latin, flood, from neuter of Latin alluvius, alluvial, from alluere, to wash against; see alluvion.]

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alluvium [əˈluːvɪəm]

n pl -viums, -via [-vɪə]

(Earth Sciences / Geological Science) a fine-grained fertile soil consisting of mud, silt, and sand deposited by flowing water on flood plains, in river beds, and in estuaries

[from Latin; see alluvion]

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alluvium  (-lv-m)

Plural alluviums or alluvia

Sand, silt, clay, gravel, or other matter deposited by flowing water, as in a riverbed, floodplain, delta, or alluvial fan. Alluvium is generally considered a young deposit in terms of geologic time.

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alluvial adjective

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

alluvium - clay or silt or gravel carried by rushing streams and deposited where the stream slows down alluvial deposit, alluvial sediment, 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

Translations

alluvium [əˈluːvɪəm] N (alluviums, alluvia (pl)) → aluvión m, depósito m aluvial

alluvium [əˈluːviəm] n → alluvions fpl
all-weather [ˌɔːlˈwɛðə^r] modif [track, surface, pitch] → tous temps; [racing, hurdling] → tous temps; [tyres] → tous temps

alluvium

n → Anschwemmung f

alluvium [əˈluːvɪəm] n → materiale m alluvionale