Found 2 items, similar to ALLUVIA.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: alluvia
alluvium
n : clay or silt or gravel carried by rushing streams and
deposited where the stream slows down [syn:
alluvial sediment
,
alluvial deposit,
alluvion]
[also:
alluvia (pl)]
alluvia
See
alluvium
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Alluvia
Alluvium
\Al*lu"vi*um\, n.; pl. E.
Alluviums, L.
Alluvia.
[L., neut. of alluvius. See
Alluvious.] (Geol.)
Deposits of earth, sand, gravel, and other transported
matter, made by rivers, floods, or other causes, upon land
not permanently submerged beneath the waters of lakes or
seas. --Lyell.
[1913 Webster]