alluvial en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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- /əˈluː.vi.əl/ (UK, US)
Etymology
From Latin alluvius (“alluvial”), from alluviō (“an overflowing, inundation”), from alluō (“wash against”). By surface analysis, alluvium + -ial.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Pertaining to the soil deposited by a stream.
Soils are a prominent feature of floodplain environments, and we include them in this section because most of the available information on ancient soils pertains to alluvial examples, aside from those in Quaternary-Recent time.
1992, Anna K. Behrensmeyer, Robert W. Hook, “Paleoenvironmental Contexts and Taphonomic Modes”, in Terrestrial Ecosystems through Time, page 35:I am a working engineer from the Mount Magdalena district of Coolgardie. I don't want to take up your time with outside details so I will only say that about two years ago I had an opportunity of acquiring a share in a very promising claim—gold, you understand, both reef and alluvial.
1914, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados:
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Deriveds
alluvial terrace · alluvial fan · alluvially · nonalluvial · alluvial deposit · alluvial mining · alluvial plain
Relateds
Translations (25)
cy llifwaddodol (pertaining to the soil deposited by a stream) · it alluvionale (pertaining to the soil deposited by a stream) · nl alluviaal (pertaining to the soil deposited by a stream) · fi alluviaalinen (pertaining to the soil deposited by a stream) · es aluvional (pertaining to the soil deposited by a stream) · cs náplavový (pertaining to the soil deposited by a stream) · mk наносен (pertaining to the soil deposited by a stream) · ru аллювиа́льный (pertaining to the soil deposited by a stream) · la alluvius (pertaining to the soil deposited by a stream) · de alluvial (pertaining to the soil deposited by a stream) · fi liete- (pertaining to the soil deposited by a stream) · de abgelagert (pertaining to the soil deposited by a stream) · bg нано́сен (pertaining to the soil deposited by a stream) · gd alùbhiach (pertaining to the soil deposited by a stream) · cmn 冲积 (pertaining to the soil deposited by a stream) · pl aluwialny (pertaining to the soil deposited by a stream) · fr alluvial (pertaining to the soil deposited by a stream) · ga glárach (pertaining to the soil deposited by a stream) · ru наносно́й (pertaining to the soil deposited by a stream) · pt aluvial (pertaining to the soil deposited by a stream) · ca al·luvial (pertaining to the soil deposited by a stream) · de angeschwemmt (pertaining to the soil deposited by a stream) · es aluvial (pertaining to the soil deposited by a stream) · cs aluviální (pertaining to the soil deposited by a stream) · sv alluvial (pertaining to the soil deposited by a stream)