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The rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land
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alluvion
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n. gradual formation of new land, by recession of the sea or deposit of sediment the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land; "plains fertilized by annual inundations" [syn: flood , inundation , deluge ] clay or silt or gravel ...
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Alluvion is a legal term describing the increase in the area of land due to sediment ( alluvium ) deposited by a river. This changes the size of a piece of land (a process called accession ) and thus its value over time.
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n. (context legal English) The increase in the area of land due to the deposition of sediment (alluvium) by a river.
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Alluvion \Al*lu"vi*on\, n. [F. alluvion, L. alluvio, fr. alluere to wash against; ad + luere, equiv. to lavare, to wash. See Lave .] Wash or flow of water against the shore or bank. An overflowing; an inundation; a flood. --Lyell. Matter deposited by an ...
Usage examples of alluvion.
I discovered in the alluvion some stone instruments presenting very ancient paleolithic characters.