alluvium
noun
a deposit of sand, mud, etc., formed by flowing water.
alluvia
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pluralof alluvium.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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We see clearly the alluvia of two streams converging from right and left, and uniting to pass to the sea through Brading Harbour.
From The Geological Story of the Isle of Wight by J. Cecil Hughes
I start with two Mason-bees of the Walls working at their nests on the pebbles in the alluvia of the Aygues, not far from Serignan.
From The Mason-Bees by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos
They are probably contemporary with the older alluvia.
From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg
Hence it was long and erroneously determined that bare rocks in the neighbourhood of shallow alluvia characterise rich placers, and that the wealthiest mining-regions are poor and stunted in vegetation.
From To The Gold Coast for Gold, Vol. II A Personal Narrative by Sir Richard Francis Burton
But it is not often that borings come to be made in river alluvia.
From The Geological Story of the Isle of Wight by J. Cecil Hughes
