alluvion
Example Sentences
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They dwelt chiefly in the “dense, dank forests” found growing on the low alluvion of the Atlantic coast.
From Ancient America, in Notes on American Archaeology by John D. (John Denison) Baldwin
The land is an alluvion of no very ancient formation.
From The Quadroon Adventures in the Far West by Mayne Reid
To scenes warlike and savage succeeded those of a pacific and civilised character—as the turbulent torrent, debouching from its mountain channel, flows in tranquil current through the alluvion of the level plain.
From The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness by Mayne Reid
The alluvion between these rivers, protected from inundation by levees along the streams, is divided by many bayous, of which the Tensas, with its branch the Macon, is the most important.
From Destruction and Reconstruction: Personal Experiences of the Late War by Richard Taylor
The changes of property in Bengal, by alluvion, are equally attended to.
From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Sir Edward Belcher
