Alluvial Sediment

Of deposit.   May also be referred to as alluvial deposit, alluvion and alluvium.

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

This concept's ID is @1~48757

Contains

  • alluvial soil 0 facts

    A fine-grained fertile soil deposited by water flowing over flood plains or in river...

  • delta 0 facts

    A low triangular area of alluvial deposits where a river divides before entering a larger...

  • placer 0 facts

    An alluvial deposit that contains particles of some valuable mineral.