Alluvial Deposit

Definition: Alluvial Deposit

Alluvial Deposit

Noun

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

Domain	Definitions
Food & Agriculture	Deposited from flowing or still water ; deposits of debris, soil and particles resulting from erosion transported by rainwater, by a stream or by the sea. Source: European Union. (references)
Geography	Material deposited by running water, such as mud, sand, gravel, or wood. Source: European Union. (references)
Mining	See:alluvium. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

An alluvial deposit is an accumulation of alluvium (sediment), sometimes containing valuable ore and gemstones, or simply consisting of gravel or clay, in the bed or former bed of a river. Valuable materials such as gold may be extracted using techniques of placer mining. Gems historically were found in the gravels of India particularly diamonds and continue to be mined from alluvium in Myanmar and Sri Lanka. Glaciers may also deposit alluvium known as till.

Synonyms: Alluvial Deposit

Synonyms: alluvial sediment (n), alluvion (n), alluvium (n). (additional references)

Crosswords: Alluvial Deposit

English words defined with "alluvial deposit": placer ♦ Stream works. (references)

Specialty definitions using "alluvial deposit": deep lead ♦ streamworks, suction cutter. (references)

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Language		Translations for "alluvial deposit"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		alluvium (alluvial, alluvion, alluvium, fluvial outwash), alluvial deposit (alluvial, alluvion, alluvium, fluvial outwash), aflejring (accretion, aggradation, alluvial, alluviation, alluvion, alluvium, bedding, crud, deposit, deposition, drift, drop crater, droplet impaction, fluvial outwash, fouling, point deposit, precipitate, sediment, sedimentation, silting, spray coating, spray deposit), flodaflejring (alluvial, alluvion, alluvium, fluvial deposit, fluvial outwash, fluvial sediment). (various references)

Dutch		alluvium (alluvial, alluvion, alluvium, fluvial outwash), aanslibbing (accretion, aggradation, alluvial, alluviation, alluvion, alluvium, fluvial outwash, silting, silting up), opslibbing (alluvial, alluvion, alluvium, fluvial outwash), dalopvulling (alluvial, alluvion, alluvium, fluvial outwash). (various references)

Finnish		alluviumi (alluvial, alluvion, alluvium, fluvial outwash), alluvium (alluvial, alluvion, alluvium, fluvial outwash), alluuvi (alluvial, alluvion, alluvium, fluvial outwash), tulvamaa (alluvial, alluvion, alluvium, fluvial outwash, inundated land, riverside soil), maatuma (alluvial, alluvion, alluvium, fluvial outwash), liettymä (alluvial, alluvion, alluvium, fluvial outwash), lietemaa (alluvial, alluvion, alluvium, fluvial outwash). (various references)

French		alluvions (alluvia, alluvial, alluvium), alluvion (alluvial, alluvion, alluvium), dépôt fluvial (alluvium), dépôt d'alluvions (alluvium), dépôt alluvionnaire (alluvia, alluvium), dépôt alluvial (alluvium). (various references)

German		Anschwemmung (accumulation, alluvial, alluviation, alluvion, alluvium, filling up with alluvium, fluvial deposit, fluvial outwash, river deposit, silting, silting up), Alluvium (alluvial, alluvion, alluvium, fluvial outwash), Alluvion (alluvium, fluvial deposit, river deposit), alluviale Ablagerung (alluvium, fluvial deposit, river deposit), seife (placer, soap), Geschiebe (alluvial, alluvion, alluvium, bed load, bedload, bottom load, boulders, detritus, drift, fluvial outwash, traction load), Flussablagerung (alluvial, alluvion, alluvium, fluvial deposit, fluvial outwash, fluvial sediment, river deposit). (various references)

Greek		προσχώσεις (alluvial, alluvion, alluvium, fluvial outwash), αλλούβια (alluvial, alluvion, alluvium, fluvial outwash), αλλούβιο (alluvial, alluvion, alluvium, fluvial outwash), αλλουβιακό απόθεμα. (various references)

Italian		alluvioni (alluvium, fluvial deposit, river deposit), alluvione (alluvial, alluvion, alluvium, flood, flooding, fluvial outwash, inundation, rainstorm), detrito alluvionale (alluvial, alluvion, alluvium, detritus, fluvial outwash), deposito fluviale (alluvium, fluvial deposit, river deposit), deposito alluvionale (alluvial, alluvion, alluvium, fluvial deposit, fluvial outwash, fluvial sediment, river deposit), deposito alluviale (alluvial, alluvion, alluvium, fluvial outwash). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		沖積層 (alluvial formation, Alluvium). (various references)

Pig Latin		alluvialay epositday

Portuguese		aluvião (accretion, aggradation, alluvial, alluviation, alluvion, alluvium, deluge, flood, fluvial outwash, silt, silting, wash). (various references)

Russian		россыпь (deposit, placer). (various references)

Spanish		aluvión (alluvial, alluvion, alluvium, fluvial outwash), depósito aluvial (alluvial, alluvion, alluvium, fluvial outwash). (various references)

Swedish		alluvial avlagring (alluvial, alluvion, alluvium, fluvial outwash). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-d-e-i-i-l-l-l-o-p-s-t-u-v"
	-4 letters: ellipsoidal, palliatives, volatilised.
	-5 letters: audiotapes, illuviated, palliative, plastidial, volatilise.
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