alluvium
81slope wash — A collective term for non fluvial, incipient alluvial processes (e.g., overland flow, minor rills) that detach, transport, and deposit sediments down hill and mountain slopes. Related sediments (slope alluvium) exhibit nominal sorting or… …
82alluvial — [19] Alluvial material is material that has been washed down and deposited by running water. Hence the term; for its ultimate source, Latin lavere (a variant of lavāre, which produced English latrine, laundry, lava, lavatory, lavish, and lotion) …
83eluvium — [ē lo͞o′vē əm, ilo͞o′vē əm] n. [ModL < L eluere (see ELUTRIATE), after L alluvium: see ALLUVIUM] an accumulation of dust and soil particles caused by the weathering and disintegration of rocks in place, or deposited by the wind: distinguished… …
84alluvial deposit — noun clay or silt or gravel carried by rushing streams and deposited where the stream slows down • Syn: ↑alluvial sediment, ↑alluvium, ↑alluvion • Derivationally related forms: ↑alluvial (for: ↑alluvium) …
85alluviate — vēˌāt, usu ād.+V verb ( ed/ ing/ s) Etymology: alluvium + ate transitive verb : to cover with alluvium an alluviated valley …
86alluvion — noun Etymology: Latin alluvion , alluvio, from alluere to flow past, deposit (of water), from ad + lavere to wash more at lye Date: 1536 1. the wash or flow of water against a shore 2. flood, inundation 3. alluvium 4. an …
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88Danube Delta — Danube Delta * UNESCO World Heritage Site Country Romania …
89Regolith — (Greek: blanket rock ) is a layer of loose, heterogeneous material covering solid rock. It includes dust, soil, broken rock, and other related materials and is present on Earth, the Moon, some asteroids, and other planets. The term was first… …
90Yatton — See also: Yatton, Herefordshire Coordinates: 51°23′08″N 2°49′32″W / 51.3855°N 2.8256°W / 51.3855; 2.8256 …
