Alluvium | Word Alluvium at Open Dictionary of English by LearnThat Foundation

alluvium is pounded and ground into finer and finer grains each time it moves downstream.
The native of the alluvium is another being from the native of the great mineral State.
As the shallow lake spreads under the boughs of the surrounding trees, it deposits a blanket of rich, fertilizing soil called alluvium.
They are found in a sandy alluvium which is very boggy when wet.

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"Alluvion" is the flow of water against a shore that sometimes deposits "alluvium" (silt or sand deposited by flowing water). When the wind deposits material such as sand or rock, the correct term is "eluvium."

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