alluvions

Meanings

Noun

• gradual formation of new land, by recession of the sea or deposit of sediment
• the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land
• clay or silt or gravel carried by rushing streams and deposited where the stream slows down
• plural of alluvion

Synonyms

alluvial deposit, alluvial sediment, alluvion, alluvium, deluge, flood, inundation