| alluvial sediment 
 
 clay or silt or gravel carried by rushing streams and deposited where the stream slows down
 • Syn:
 alluvial deposit, alluvium, alluvion
 • Derivationally related forms:
 alluvial (for: alluvium)
 • Hypernyms:
 sediment, deposit
 • Hyponyms:
 delta, placer
 • Substance Meronyms:
 alluvial soil
 
 
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