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That ere long, now that curiosity has been so much excited on this subject, some human remains will be detected in the older alluvium of European valleys, I confidently expect.
Charles Lyell

Meaning of "alluvium" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ALLUVIUM

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PRONUNCIATION OF ALLUVIUM

alluvium  [əˈluːvɪəm] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ALLUVIUM

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Alluvium is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ALLUVIUM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

alluvium

Alluvium

Alluvium is loose, unconsolidated soil or sediments, which has been eroded, reshaped by water in some form, and redeposited in a non-marine setting. Alluvium is typically made up of a variety of materials, including fine particles of silt and clay and larger particles of sand and gravel. When this loose alluvial material is deposited or cemented into a lithological unit, or lithified, it is called an alluvial deposit.

Definition of alluvium in the English dictionary

The definition of alluvium in the dictionary is a fine-grained fertile soil consisting of mud, silt, and sand deposited by flowing water on flood plains, in river beds, and in estuaries.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ALLUVIUM


bivium
ˈbɪvɪəm
colluvium
kəˈluːvɪəm
compluvium
kəmˈpluːvɪəm
diluvium
daɪˈluːvɪəm
effluvium
ɛˈfluːvɪəm
eluvium
ɪˈluːvɪəm
flerovium
flɛˈrɔːvɪəm
illuvium
ɪˈluːvɪəm
kurchatovium
ˌkɜːtʃəˈtəʊvɪəm
lixivium
lɪkˈsɪvɪəm
mendelevium
ˌmɛndɪˈliːvɪəm
Patavium
pəˈteɪvɪəm
quadrivium
kwɒˈdrɪvɪəm
trivium
ˈtrɪvɪəm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ALLUVIUM

allude
allure
allurement
allurer
alluring
alluringly
allusion
allusive
allusively
allusiveness
alluvia
alluvial
alluvial cone
alluvial fan
alluvial mining
alluvion
ally
allycholly
allyl
allyl alcohol

WORDS THAT END LIKE ALLUVIUM

aluminium
aquarium
at a premium
auditorium
Belgium
calcium
consortium
equilibrium
gymnasium
lithium
magnesium
millennium
podium
potassium
premium
sodium
stadium
symposium
titanium
yttrium

Synonyms and antonyms of alluvium in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «alluvium» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ALLUVIUM

Find out the translation of alluvium to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of alluvium from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «alluvium» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

冲积层
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

aluvión
570 millions of speakers

English

alluvium
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

जलोढ़क
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الطمي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

аллювий
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

aluvião
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পলি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

alluvion
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Aluvium
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Schwemmland
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

沖積層
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

충적층
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Alluvium
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đất bồi
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வண்டல் மண்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

जलोम
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

alüvyon
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

risacca
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

aluwium
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

алювій
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

aluviuni
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αλλουβιανές
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

alluvium
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

alluvium
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

alluvium
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of alluvium

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ALLUVIUM»

The term «alluvium» is normally little used and occupies the 109.662 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ALLUVIUM» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «alluvium» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «alluvium» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about alluvium

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QUOTES WITH «ALLUVIUM»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word alluvium.
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Charles Lyell
That ere long, now that curiosity has been so much excited on this subject, some human remains will be detected in the older alluvium of European valleys, I confidently expect.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ALLUVIUM»

Discover the use of alluvium in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to alluvium and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Quaternary Alluvium: A Fable
Fortunately, his fellow students: Frank, Tom, Jessica, Cathy, and Susan, were there to help him understand life in a theme park university. Life can be pretty stressful when you’re walking in quaternary alluvium.</P>
Ken Gilland, 2002
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Sailing to Alluvium:
The novel, hilarious and moving, revolves around obsessions, underneath which lies the dark history of a class conflict that exists in the Deep South, not among black and white but between the white "haves" and the white "have-nots.
John Pritchard, 2013
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Annual report of the Secretary of the Massachusetts Board of ...
CATALOGUE. The references la this catalogue (not as to numbers but descriptions) are to Hitchcock's Final Report on the Geology of Massachusetts : printed in 1841. STRATIFIED ROCKS. ALLUVIUM. I. Soils. 1. Alluvium, Deerfield. 2.
Massachusetts Board of Agriculture, 1859
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Soil survey
Residuum of high-grade dolomitic limestone Slightly clayey dolomitic limestone Alluvium chiefly from limestone Alluvium mainly from quartzite, sandstone, slate, and shale, with some limestone influence. Alluvium mainly from quartzite, ...
United States. Bureau of Soils, United States. Bureau of Plant Industry, United States. Bureau of Plant Industry, Soils, and Agricultural Engineering, 1958
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United States Geological Survey Professional Paper
The younger alluvium is the modern detrital apron of waters from intervening steep facets of the front. The older alluvium had a like origin but is no longer traversed by waters from the range. One tract of older alluvium, marked A in Figure 18, ...
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Structure and Function of a Chihuahuan Desert Ecosystem : ...
Alluvium from Igneous Bedrock b m ig sg Alluvium from Basaltic Andesite. Gravellyb, arkosicc piedmont slope alluvium derived from the Uvas Basaltic Andesite in the Point-of-Rocks hills. Alluvium from Silicic Plutonic Ingneous Rocks. Arkosic ...
Kris M. Havstad Jornada Experimental Range USDA Agricultural Research Service, College of Arts and Sciences Northern Arizona University Laura F. Huenneke Dean's Office, Flagstaff, William H. Schlesinger Department of Botany Duke University, 2006
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Geological Survey professional paper
Overlying this alluvium is from 1 to 2 feet of fine sand and silt on which the present flood-plain vegetation grows. Where exposed the pre- 1914 alluvium shows no stratification and appears homogeneous except for the presence of scattered ...
Geological Survey (U.S.), Geological Survey (U.S.). Geographic Names Information Management, 1987
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Hydraulic Tests of Miocene Volcanic Rocks at Yucca Mountain ...
... FLOODPLAIN, AND STREAM ALLUVIUM (m) NC-EWDP-19D 549,237.96 4,058,259.96 818.9 438.4 124.5 242.3 106.0 0.19 Channel and floodplain alluvium Silty, gravelly sand and sandy gravel NC-EWDP-19IM2 549,237.96 4,058,259.96 ...
Arthur L. Geldon, 2004
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New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research
Soils Surface age Recent : terraces Dip KO Terrace Fraser KO Terrace Parent material with loess cover Greywacke alluvium Schist alluvium Intergrade brown- grey earths/recent: terraces Patearoa Kl Terrace Schist alluvium Eweburn K 1 ...
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Geological Survey Professional Paper
coherence in their distribution; ejecta falls in a bilaterally symmetrical pattern, and original stratigraphic relations are inverted. This is shown by a crater in a layered target of gypsiferous lake beds overlain by alluvium (fig. 16A). Material from ...

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ALLUVIUM»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term alluvium is used in the context of the following news items.
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KGL Resources Limited (ASX:KGL) Jervois Exploration Update
RAB drilling will also test the southern extension of Green Parrot that is obscured by alluvium along a drainage channel. Geological mapping of ... «ABN Newswire, Jul 15»
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In the Pipeline: A cultural gem in the midst of an office complex
Seed barley from the mesa was sold to farmers who had purchased, drained and cultivated the rich alluvium of the swamps. Farmers fed the ... «Huntington Beach Independent, Jun 15»
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Grabbers choke Louhajang River in Tangail
Contacted, Tangail Deputy Commissioner Mahbub Hossain said they will demarcate the AD (alluvium diluvium) line of the river when the water ... «The Daily Star, Jun 15»
4
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam - Ethiopia's hydro-powered …
The dam which will be capable of handling a flood of 19,730 cubic meters per second will reduce alluvium in Sudan by 100 million cubic ... «Cleanleap, Jun 15»
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Crop patterns in India Part-I
Clayey deep regur and alluvium are best suited soils. Usually it has been cultivated in the dry and irrigation is not used areas. Maharashtra ... «The Hans India, Jun 15»
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Treasury Department Proposes Establishment of Loess Hills District …
To the immediate west of the proposed AVA, the soils are primarily formed from alluvium and are poorly drained and subject to flooding. «Targeted News Service, Jun 15»
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National champion concrete canoe team on their way to South …
This year the canoe, Aquatone, weighs just 138 pounds, compared to last year's Alluvium, at 160 pounds. "It's not just weight, but how the hull ... «Nevada Today, Jun 15»
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Netanyahu, the "scapegoat" of the Israeli left
She drains the slanderous alluvium into a magnifying torrent of hate for the Jewish state that begins to flood various corners of the world. «i24news, Jun 15»
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Northair Releases Results of Airborne Geophysical Program on La …
Alluvium covers most of the Cigarra 7 concession. The main feature identified from the magnetics is an elongate magnetic low that matches the ... «Azomining, Jun 15»
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Northair Silver Airborne Geophysical Survey Identifies New Drill …
Alluvium covers most of the Cigarra 7 concession. The main feature identified from the magnetics is an elongate magnetic low that matches the ... «MarketWatch, Jun 15»

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