Alluvion

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun An overflowing; an inundation; a flood.

II. Alluvion ·noun Wash or flow of water against the shore or bank.

III. Alluvion ·noun Matter deposited by an inundation or the action of flowing water; alluvium.

IV. Alluvion ·noun An accession of land gradually washed to the shore or bank by the flowing of water. ·see Accretion.

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