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Categories: Articles with short description, Sedimentology, Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference

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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