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River deposits
Answer for the clue "River deposits ", 7 letters:
alluvia
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n. (plural of alluvium English)
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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 ...
Usage examples of alluvia.
Europe flowing among their own alluvia have required similar treatment in the interest of navigation and agriculture.
This bank consists of alluvia, or large heaps of organic matter, brought either from the Equator by the Gulf Stream, or from the North Pole by the counter-current of cold water which skirts the American coast.