al·lu·vi·al
ə-ˈlü-vē-əl 
: relating to, composed of, or found in alluvium
alluvial soil
alluvial diamonds
: an alluvial deposit
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Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 17 Sep. 2024
The soils are free-draining alluvial loam over gravel.
—Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 17 Sep. 2024
Arlyssa D. Becenti, The Arizona Republic, 25 May 2024
Key to that fight is destroying and seizing the costly heavy machinery that’s being used in the operations — most blatantly the diggers and dredges employed in riverside, or alluvial, mining.
—Jim Wyss and Kyra Gurney, miamiherald, 16 Jan. 2018
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Adjective
The terrain consists of alluvial plains, gravel, and clay loam.
—Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 17 Sep. 2024
The soils are free-draining alluvial loam over gravel.
—Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 17 Sep. 2024
Noun
The tribe should also cap all further wells along the alluvial of the LCR on upstream users and require or ensure the water that reaches Navajo meets federal EPA water quality standards, as there are sources of contamination upstream.
—Arlyssa D. Becenti, The Arizona Republic, 25 May 2024
Key to that fight is destroying and seizing the costly heavy machinery that’s being used in the operations — most blatantly the diggers and dredges employed in riverside, or alluvial, mining.
—Jim Wyss and Kyra Gurney, miamiherald, 16 Jan. 2018
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“Alluvial.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/alluvial. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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