alluvion

alluvion

overflow; flood
Not to be confused with:alluvium – a deposit of sand, mud, silt, or gravel formed by flowingeluvium – a deposit of soil, dust, or rock debris formed by the decomposition of rockilluvium – the material accumulated through soil that has been leached out of another layer of soil

al·lu·vi·on

A0219600 (ə-lo͞o′vē-ən)n.1. See alluvium.2. The flow of water against a shore or bank.3. Inundation by water; flood.4. Law The increasing of land area along a shore by deposited alluvium or by the recession of water.

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[Latin alluviō, alluviōn-, from alluere, to wash against : ad-, ad- + -luere, to wash; see leu(ə)- in Indo-European roots.]

alluvion

(əˈluːvɪən) n1. (Physical Geography) a. the wash of the sea or of a riverb. an overflow or floodc. matter deposited as sediment; alluvium2. (Physical Geography) law the gradual formation of new land, as by the recession of the sea or deposit of sediment on a riverbed[C16: from Latin alluviō an overflowing, from luere to wash]

al•lu•vi•on

(əˈlu vi ən)

n. 1. Law. a gradual increase of land on a shore or riverbank by the action of water. 2. overflow; flood. [1530–40; < Latin alluviō an overflowing]

alluvion

1. the gradual depositing by a river of earth and other material on the banks.
2. also called alluvium. the material deposited.See also: Rivers

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	alluvion - gradual formation of new land, by recession of the sea or deposit of sedimentgeologic process, geological process - (geology) a natural process whereby geological features are modified
	2.	alluvion - the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land; "plains fertilized by annual inundations"flood, inundation, delugegeological phenomenon - a natural phenomenon involving the structure or composition of the earthdebacle - flooding caused by a tumultuous breakup of ice in a river during the spring or summerflash flood, flashflood - a sudden local flood of great volume and short durationNoachian deluge, Noah and the Flood, Noah's flood, the Flood - (Biblical) the great deluge that is said in the Book of Genesis to have occurred in the time of Noah; it was brought by God upon the earth because of the wickedness of human beings
	3.	alluvion - clay or silt or gravel carried by rushing streams and deposited where the stream slows downalluvial deposit, alluvial sediment, alluviumdelta - a low triangular area of alluvial deposits where a river divides before entering a larger body of water; "the Mississippi River delta"; "the Nile delta"placer - an alluvial deposit that contains particles of some valuable mineralsediment, deposit - matter that has been deposited by some natural processalluvial soil - a fine-grained fertile soil deposited by water flowing over flood plains or in river beds

alluvion

nounAn abundant, usually overwhelming flow or fall, as of a river or rain:cataclysm, cataract, deluge, downpour, flood, freshet, inundation, Niagara, overflow, torrent.Chiefly British: spate.

Translations

aluvião