a fine-grained fertile soil consisting of mud, silt, and sand deposited by flowing water on flood plains, in river beds, and in estuaries
Word origin
C17: from Latin; see alluvion
Examples of 'alluvia' in a sentence
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This study aims at identifying the alluvia material and its dynamic at the mouth.
Laurent K. ADOPO, Gheorghe ROMANESCU, Alexis Y. N'GUESSAN, Cristian STOLERIU 2014, 'NATURE AND DYNAMIC OF SEDIMENTS AT THE MOUTH OF KOMOÉ RIVER (IVORY COAST)', Lakes Reservoirs and Pondshttp://www.limnology.ro/Lakes/2014/201408103.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The agricultural activity within the upper basin has determined a decrease in liquid discharge and an increase in alluvia transport.
Laurent K. ADOPO, Gheorghe ROMANESCU, Alexis Y. N'GUESSAN, Cristian STOLERIU 2014, 'NATURE AND DYNAMIC OF SEDIMENTS AT THE MOUTH OF KOMOÉ RIVER (IVORY COAST)', Lakes Reservoirs and Pondshttp://www.limnology.ro/Lakes/2014/201408103.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
This tendency can be interrupted by discontinuities, caused by the lateral input of alluvia or by anthropogenic interventions.
Florentina LIVARCIUC, Maria RADOANE 2017, 'Grain-size variability of river-bed sediments in mountain areas (the Gemenea and Slătioararivers, Eastern Carpathians)', GEOREVIEW: Scientific Annals of Stefan cel Mare University of Suceava. Geography Serieshttp://georeview.ro/ojs/index.php/revista/article/view/372. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)