alluviation

• Sustantivo que designa el proceso o fenómeno de deposición de sedimentos, limo o grava por acción del agua corriente, generalmente en el cauce de un río o en su llanura de inundación.

A noun referring to the process or phenomenon of sediment, silt, or gravel being deposited by flowing water, typically in a riverbed or floodplain.

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   The process by which sediment, sand, or gravel is deposited by flowing water, typically in riverbeds, floodplains, or deltas.

   Acumulación de sedimentos por aguas fluyentes

   • The alluviation of the river delta created fertile farmland.
   • Over centuries, alluviation built up the banks of the Nile.
   • Geologists studied the alluviation patterns after the flood.

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