Reference meaning
alluvion
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gradual formation of new land, by recession of the sea or deposit of sediment
Other meanings
2. noun
the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land
3. noun
clay or silt or gravel carried by rushing streams and deposited where the stream slows down
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