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alluvium

Sediments laid down by streams and rivers. The most common constituents are clay, silt, and gravel. The loose, unconsolidated material forms features such as river terraces, flood plains, and deltas.

Alluvium is deposited along the river channel where the water's velocity is too low to transport the river's load - for example, on the inside bend of a meander.



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The foundation of their airy castles lay already before them in the strip of rich alluvium on the river bank, where the North Fork, sharply curving round the base of Devil's Spur, had for centuries swept the detritus of gulch and canyon.
Devil's Ford by Harte, Bret View in context
Each wave of time contributes its alluvium, each race deposits its layer on the monument, each individual brings his stone.
Notre-Dame de Paris by Hugo, Victor View in context
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