alluvion

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Immediately on the banks of the Ohio and other large rivers are strips of rich alluvion soil.

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

The soil in the river valley is a rich black alluvion.

From Scenes and Andventures in the Semi-Alpine Region of the Ozark Mountains of Missouri and Arkansas by Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe

The cypress begins near the mouth of the Ohio and spreads through the alluvion portions of the Lower Valley.

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

They are both remarkable rivers for their extent, the number of their branches, the volume of their waters, the quantity of alluvion they carry down to the parent stream, and the color of their waters.

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

Such is the sylva that covers the alluvion of Louisiana.

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