Definition of Alluvia. Meaning of Alluvia. Synonyms of Alluvia

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Definition of Alluvia

Alluvia
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.

Meaning of Alluvia from wikipedia

- Alluvium (from Latin alluvius, from alluere 'to wash against') is loose clay, silt, sand, or gravel that has been deposited by running water in a stream...
- asparagus and l****s; clay in Eure for celeriac and cabbage, and lastly, alluvia in Manche for aromatic herbs. The farms produce 40 tons annually of organic...
- North: granite, argili-calcairous. South: chiefly sandstone, limestone, alluvia, loess, quartzite shingle Total area 83,800 ha (approx.) Grapes produced...
- Languedoc Climate region Mediterranean Soil conditions Quartzite pebble with alluvia Size of planted vineyards 4,185 Grapes produced Red/rosé: Syrah, Grenache...
- soil of islets rising out of most recent alluvia, the sandy and gravelly soil of high terraces (old alluvia), and the limestone-rich soil of coasts that...
- where an upland region (continental bedrock) and a coastal plain (coastal alluvia) meet. The fall line is typically prominent where a river crosses it, for...
- arms have increased, with serious consequences regarding the discharge of alluvia and the erosion of banks. Reed was intensively harvested during the Communist...
- (compact rocks, silts, sands) or heterogeneous (split or broken rock, alluvia, moraines). This is particularly true because a cutting wheel works by...
- yellow medeteren, podsol, red yellow podsolic, gray red podsolic, litosol, alluvia, gray hydromorph. The mountains in West Papua include the Arfak Mountains...
- excavation or drilling. Thomson during his 1847 expedition noted three forms of alluvia in the Spiti valley. The first is deposits of fine clay. The second is...