AlluvionWordNet Explorer

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noun

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

noun

matter that has been deposited by some natural process

noun

a low triangular area of alluvial deposits where a river divides before entering a larger body of water

noun

an alluvial deposit that contains particles of some valuable mineral

noun

a fine-grained fertile soil deposited by water flowing over flood plains or in river beds

noun

the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land

Words in this synset: flood, inundation, deluge
noun

a natural phenomenon involving the structure or composition of the earth

noun

flooding caused by a tumultuous breakup of ice in a river during the spring or summer

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