alluvion
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When the currents are not strong enough to move the larger banks, they at least carry sand and earth with them, and deposit them as shoals or new alluvion at less exposed spots....
From With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 2 by Various
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
Surface various; along the river and creeks, low alluvion; soil, loam mixed with sand.
From A New Guide for Emigrants to the West by Peck, John Mason
The land is an alluvion of no very ancient formation.
From The Quadroon Adventures in the Far West by Reid, Mayne
To scenes warlike and savage succeeded those of a pacific and civilised character—as the turbulent torrent, debouching from its mountain channel, flows in tranquil current through the alluvion of the level plain.
From The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness by Reid, Mayne
