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alluvial 1. of or relating to alluvium 2. another name for alluvium 3. Austral and NZ alluvium containing any heavy mineral, esp gold alluvial [ə′lüv·ē·əl] (geology) Of a placer, or its associated valuable mineral, formed by the action of running water. Pertaining to or consisting of alluvium, or deposited by running water. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The soil of all the former states has the appearance of an alluvial deposit; and isolated rocks have been found, of a nature and in situations which render it difficult to refute the opinion that they have been transferred to their present beds by floating ice. It was studded with islands which, like the alluvial bottoms, were covered with groves of cotton-wood, thickets of willow, tracts of good lowland grass, and abundance of green rushes. The shores were in some places high and rocky, with low marshy islands at their feet, subject to inundation, and covered with willows, poplars, and other trees that love an alluvial soil. |
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