alluviums

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alluviums - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Alluvium \Al*lu"vi*um\, n.; pl. E. Alluviums, L. Alluvia.
     [L., neut. of alluvius. See Alluvious.] (Geol.)
     Deposits of earth, sand, gravel, and other transported
     matter, made by rivers, floods, or other causes, upon land
     not permanently submerged beneath the waters of lakes or
     seas. --Lyell.
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