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| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : uh-loo-vee-uh n |
| Phonetic Transcription : əˈlu vi ən |
Définition of alluvion
- noun flood
- The cypress begins near the mouth of the Ohio and spreads through the alluvion portions of the Lower Valley.
- Extract from : « A New Guide for Emigrants to the West » by J. M. Peck
- Alluvion, al-lū′vi-un, n. land gained from the sea by the washing up of sand and earth.
- Extract from : « Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) » by Various
- The deposites of alluvion along the banks betray a similar origin of gradual accumulation by the annual floods.
- Extract from : « Early Western Travels, 1748-1846 (Volume XXVI) » by Various
- I examined the contents with great care and found a few grains of gold in the alluvion!
- Extract from : « My Friends the Savages » by Giovanni Battista Cerruti
- Springs are common in the alluvion, and more frequently than in the case of drift, they can be found by boring.
- Extract from : « Water Supply: the Present Practice of Sinking and Boring Wells » by Ernest Spon
- As the alluvion is carried on, the slope of the stream will become steeper and steeper the higher one goes.
- Extract from : « Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, » by Various
- The new channels are made of a cross-section to enable the water to carry on its alluvion and silt.
- Extract from : « Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, » by Various
- On the western bank was spread out a broad sheet of alluvion five miles in breadth, completely inundated by the swollen stream.
- Extract from : « Early Western Travels 1748-1846, v. 27 » by Various
- The level surface of this alluvion is illustrated by the very slight descent of the Jhelam.
- Extract from : « Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, September, 1878 » by Various
- Thou hast broken from the hills that enchained thee, and now rollest far and free, cleaving a wide way through thine own alluvion.
- Extract from : « The Quadroon » by Mayne Reid
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