alluvium
noun/əˈluːviəm/
/əˈluːviəm/
[uncountable] (geology)- sand and earth that is left by rivers or floodsWord Originmid 17th cent.: Latin, neuter of alluvius ‘washed against’, from ad- ‘towards’ + luere ‘to wash’.
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