alluvion

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So suitable is the rich alluvion of the river banks to the growth of these trees, that in ten years they attain to a sufficient size for felling.

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

The land is an alluvion of no very ancient formation.

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

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)

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

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