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alluvial sediment alluvial deposit alluvium alluvion alluvial

Clay or silt or gravel carried by rushing streams and deposited where the stream slows down WordNet 3.0

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Clay or silt or gravel carried by rushing streams and deposited where the stream slows down WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

Alluvium 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 beach, or in similar settings. Wikipedia

Loose soil or sediment that is eroded and redeposited in a non-marine setting Wikidata

Unconsolidated materials of recent time. OmegaWiki

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

Deposited material. Wiktionary (translation)

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