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alluvion

8 letters · 7 distinct letters

  1. noun

    gradual formation of new land, by recession of the sea or deposit of sediment

  2. noun

    the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land

    plains fertilized by annual inundations

  3. noun

    clay or silt or gravel carried by rushing streams and deposited where the stream slows down

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