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• Alluvium — (from the Latin, alluvius , from alluere , to wash against ) is soil or sediments deposited by a river or other running water. Alluvium is typically made up of a variety of materials, including fine particles of silt and clay and larger particles …   Wikipedia

• Soil horizon — Soil samples illustrating horizons (subsoil on right) A soil horizon is a specific layer in the land area that is parallel to the soil surface and possesses physical characteristics which differ from the layers above and beneath …   Wikipedia

• soil — soil1 soilless, adj. /soyl/, n. 1. the portion of the earth s surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus. 2. a particular kind of earth: sandy soil. 3. the ground as producing vegetation or as cultivated for its crops: fertile soil. 4. a… …   Universalium

• Soil — For other uses, see Soil (disambiguation). A represents soil; B represents laterite, a regolith; C represents saprolite, a less weathered regolith; the bottommost layer represents bedrock …   Wikipedia

• alluvium — UK [əˈluːvɪəm] / US [əˈluvɪəm] noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms alluvium : singular alluvium plural alluviums science soil containing earth and sand left by rivers or floods …   English dictionary

• alluvium — noun soil, clay, silt or gravel deposited by flowing water, as it slows, in a river bed, delta, estuary or flood plain …   Wiktionary

• alluvium — Synonyms and related words: acres, alluvion, arable land, ash, cataclysm, cinder, clay, clinker, clod, crust, debris, deluge, deposit, deposition, deposits, detritus, diluvium, dirt, draff, dregs, drift, dross, dry land, dust, earth, ember,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• soil — Synonyms and related words: abuse, acres, adobe, airspace, alluvion, alluvium, arable land, area, attaint, bedaub, befoul, begrime, belt, benasty, besmear, besmirch, besmoke, besmutch, besoil, bespatter, bestain, betray, black, blacken, blot,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• alluvium — al|lu|vi|um [əˈlu:viəm] n [U] [Date: 1600 1700; : Late Latin; Origin: Latin alluere, from ad against + lavare to wash ] soil left by rivers, lakes, floods etc …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• alluvium — [ə l(j)u:vɪəm] noun a deposit of clay, silt, and sand left by flowing flood water in a river valley or delta, typically producing fertile soil. Derivatives alluvial adjective Origin C17: L., neut. of alluvius washed against , from ad towards +… …   English new terms dictionary

• alluvium — noun (C, U) technical soil left by rivers, lakes, floods etc …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English