ALLUVIONS - Definition & Meaning for Kids

Simple definitions and word synonyms for kids.

Part of speech: Noun

the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land

Example: plains fertilized by annual inundations

Part of speech: Noun

gradual formation of new land, by recession of the sea or deposit of sediment

Part of speech: Noun

clay or silt or gravel carried by rushing streams and deposited where the stream slows down

Deluge, Alluvial deposit, Alluvial sediment, Alluvium, Flood