lateral accretion

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lateral accretion [′lad·ə·rəl ə′krē·shən]

(geology)

The digging away of material at the outer bank of a meandering stream and the simultaneous building up to the water level by deposition of material brought there by pushing and rolling along the stream bottom.

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