alluvial
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin alluvius (“alluvial”), from alluviō (“an overflowing, inundation”), from alluō (“wash against”). Analyzable as alluvium + -ial.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]alluvial (not comparable)
- Pertaining to the soil deposited by a stream.
- 1992, Anna K. Behrensmeyer, Robert W. Hook, “Paleoenvironmental Contexts and Taphonomic Modes”, in Terrestrial Ecosystems through Time, page 35:
- Soils are a prominent feature of floodplain environments, and we include them in this section because most of the available information on ancient soils pertains to alluvial examples, aside from those in Quaternary-Recent time.
Coordinate terms
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[edit]Translations
[edit]pertaining to the soil deposited by a stream
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Noun
[edit]alluvial (countable and uncountable, plural alluvials)
- (countable) A deposition of sediment over a long period of time by a river; an alluvial layer.
- Alluvial soil; specifically, in Australia, gold-bearing alluvial soil.
Usage notes
[edit]- (deposition of sediment): The noun is normally used in the plural by engineers who recover valuable minerals from these layers.
Related terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]deposition of sediment — see alluvium
See also
[edit]French
[edit]Pronunciation
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Adjective
[edit]alluvial (feminine alluviale, masculine plural alluviaux, feminine plural alluviales)
Further reading
[edit]- “alluvial”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
German
[edit]Pronunciation
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Adjective
[edit]alluvial (strong nominative masculine singular alluvialer, not comparable)
- alluvial
Declension
[edit]Positive forms of alluvial (uncomparable)
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