alluvium Meaning and Definition

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سیلاب سے آتی ہوئی مٹی

selaab say ati hui matti

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English definition for alluvium

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

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Alluvium (from the Latin, alluvius, from alluere, "to wash against") is loose, unconsolidated (not cemented together into a solid rock) soil or sediments, which has been eroded, reshaped by water in some form, and redeposited in a non-marine setting.
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