alluvial

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In Hatay, the worst-hit province, many settlements there were built on risky alluvial ground.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 5, 2024

“The weaker alluvial sediments can amplify shaking, and mountains are vulnerable to landsliding, including along the roads that lead to mountain villages.”

From National Geographic • Sep. 11, 2023

The yellow-vested teams work in areas slated for construction, carefully digging 10 feet or more into hard alluvial soil and pushing shovelfuls of dirt through course-mesh screens to gather the smallest pieces of evidence.

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2023

Whereas the unpredictable flooding of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers in southern Mesopotamia commonly brought destruction along with fresh alluvial deposits, the Nile’s summer flooding, predictable as clockwork, brought only welcome deposits of rich sediment.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

During the rest of the year, the climate is drier, and farmers plant and tend their milpas on the alluvial soil.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann