alluvion

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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

The level surface of this alluvion is illustrated by the very slight descent of the Jhelam.

From Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, September, 1878 by Various

Thou hast broken from the hills that enchained thee, and now rollest far and free, cleaving a wide way through thine own alluvion.

From The Quadroon Adventures in the Far West by Reid, Mayne

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 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 Belcher, Edward, Sir