alluvion
nouns
gradual formation of new land, by recession of the sea or deposit of sediment
is a type of (narrower)
(geology) a natural process whereby geological features are modified
the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land
"plains fertilized by annual inundations"
clay or silt or gravel carried by rushing streams and deposited where the stream slows down
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