Alluvium vs. Alluvial

Alluviumnoun

soil, clay, silt or gravel deposited by flowing water, as it slows, in a river bed, delta, estuary or flood plain

Alluviumnoun

Deposits of earth, sand, gravel, and other transported matter, made by rivers, floods, or other causes, upon land not permanently submerged beneath the waters of lakes or seas.

Alluviumnoun

clay or silt or gravel carried by rushing streams and deposited where the stream slows down

Alluvium

Alluvium (from the Latin alluvius, from alluere, ) is loose clay, silt, sand, or gravel that has been deposited by running water in a stream bed, on a floodplain, in an alluvial fan, or in similar settings. Alluvium is also sometimes called alluvial deposit.

Alluvialadjective

Pertaining to the soil deposited by a stream.

Alluvialnoun

A deposition of sediment over a long period of time by a river; an alluvial layer.

Alluvialnoun

Alluvial soil; specifically, in Australia, gold-bearing alluvial soil.

Alluvialnoun

Alluvial soil; specif., in Australia, gold-bearing alluvial soil.

Alluvialadjective

Pertaining to, contained in, or composed of, alluvium; relating to the deposits made by flowing water; washed away from one place and deposited in another; as, alluvial soil, mud, accumulations, deposits.

Alluvialadjective

of or relating to alluvium

Alluvialadjective

relating to or derived from alluvium