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alluvion

[uh-loo-vee-uhn] / əˈlu vi ən /


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The land is an alluvion of no very ancient formation.

From The Quadroon Adventures in the Far West by Reid, Mayne

The soil is generally good, as that made by the decay of forests for thousands of years upon substrata, chiefly formed of alluvion or diluvion, the deposit from waters, must be.

From Canada and the Canadians Volume I by Bonnycastle, Richard Henry

Louisiana, being chiefly alluvion, furnishes only two specimens, sulphuret of antimony, and meteoric iron ore.

From A New Guide for Emigrants to the West by Peck, John Mason

The eastern shore is not less beautiful: a broad flat plain of rich alluvion, extending from the water's edge, is terminated by a range of wooded hills.

From Great Indian Chief of the West Or, Life and Adventures of Black Hawk by Drake, Benjamin

The American bottom adjacent to the Mississippi is rich alluvion, and divided into timber and prairie.

From A New Guide for Emigrants to the West by Peck, John Mason




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