alluvial
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So, farmers have long relied on the shallow Alluvial Aquifer for water in the scorching summers.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 25, 2023
“Most people in the industry I speak with are worried,” said Dimieari Von Kemedi, managing director of Alluvial Agriculture, a farm collective.
From Reuters • Apr. 24, 2020
Alluvial deposits are common in arid places with little soil development.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2017
Alluvial fans are common in the dry climates of the West where ephemeral streams emerge from canyons in the ranges of the Basin and Range.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2017
Alluvial, pertaining to the deposits of sand, clay, or gravel, made by river action.
From A Manual of the Antiquity of Man by MacLean, J. P. (John Patterson)
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