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Definition of Alluvial
1. Adjective. Of or relating to alluvium.
Definition of Alluvial
1. a. Pertaining to, contained in, or composed of, alluvium; relating to the deposits made by flowing water; washed away from one place and deposited in another; as, alluvial soil, mud, accumulations, deposits.
2. n. Alluvial soil; specif., in Australia, gold-bearing alluvial soil.
Definition of Alluvial
1. Adjective. Pertaining to the soil deposited by a stream. ¹
2. Noun. A deposition of sediment over a long period of time by a river; an alluvial layer. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Alluvial
1. soil composed of alluvium [n -S]
Medical Definition of Alluvial
1. Relating to something in streams and rivers or created/deposited by stream action. Describes materials deposited by running water. (09 Oct 1997)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Alluvial
Literary usage of Alluvial
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Physiography by Rollin D. Salisbury (1919)
"Location of alluvial Deposits and their Topographic Forms The deposits made by
running water are found principally in situations where the flow of the water ..."
2. Geology by Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, Rollin D. Salisbury (1904)
"They cover the flood plains of streams, making them alluvial plains (Fig. ...
alluvial cones and fans, alluvial plains, and deltas, are the principal types ..."
3. A Second Visit to the United States of North America by Charles Lyell (1849)
"alluvial Formations of the Mississippi, ancient and modern.—Delta defined.
—Great Extent of Wooded Swamps.—Deposits of pure Vegetable Matter. ..."
4. Bulletin by Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey (1911)
"The alluvial deposits made by the rivers of the area con.ist mainly of gravel
... The alluvial plains cover large parts of Eau Claire, i outhern Chippewa, ..."
5. Bulletin by Geological Survey of Western Australia (1904)
"The gold from the alluvial deposits presents all the usual characters. The lodes,
so far as observations have been carried, are usually banded, ..."
6. Report by Tasmania Dept. of Mines (1907)
"Just north of this point diggers started on the alluvial gold shed from this ...
(i) alluvial at Mangana Generally. The actual lead or ancient bed of the ..."
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