Synonyms: alluvial deposit, alluvial sediment, alluvion, alluvium
Definition: clay or silt or gravel carried by rushing streams and deposited where the stream slows down
Synonyms: flood, inundation, deluge, alluvion
Definition: the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land
Usage: plains fertilized by annual inundations
Similar words: geological phenomenon
Definition: a natural phenomenon involving the structure or composition of the earth
Synonyms: alluvion
Definition: gradual formation of new land, by recession of the sea or deposit of sediment
Similar words: geologic process, geological process
Definition: (geology) a natural process whereby geological features are modified