alluvion

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They are both remarkable rivers for their extent, the number of their branches, the volume of their waters, the quantity of alluvion they carry down to the parent stream, and the color of their waters.

From A New Guide for Emigrants to the West by Peck, John Mason

The American bottom adjacent to the Mississippi is rich alluvion, and divided into timber and prairie.

From A New Guide for Emigrants to the West by Peck, John Mason

The soil is generally good, as that made by the decay of forests for thousands of years upon substrata, chiefly formed of alluvion or diluvion, the deposit from waters, must be.

From Canada and the Canadians Volume I by Bonnycastle, Richard Henry

Rich alluvion along the Mississippi, with much excellent table land,—both timber and prairie interior.

From A New Guide for Emigrants to the West by Peck, John Mason

Except at the season of floods, it is not navigable; but the alluvion through which it flows is very productive, while the pine forest immediately to the west is sterile.

From Destruction and Reconstruction: Personal Experiences of the Late War by Taylor, Richard