alluvion

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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

Except at the season of floods, it is not navigable; but the alluvion through which it flows is very productive, while the pine forest immediately to the west is sterile.

From Destruction and Reconstruction: Personal Experiences of the Late War by Taylor, Richard

They dwelt chiefly in the “dense, dank forests” found growing on the low alluvion of the Atlantic coast.

From Ancient America, in Notes on American Archaeology by Baldwin, John D. (John Denison)

Probable depth of alluvion is about one fifth of a mile, by inference from the depth of the Gulf of Mexico.'

From Continental Monthly , Vol. 5, No. 6, June, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy by Various

But it may be alledged, that those sand banks are increasing still with the alluvion of Germany, instead of being in a decreasing state.

From Theory of the Earth, Volume 2 (of 4) by Hutton, James