alluvion
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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 Richard Henry Bonnycastle
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
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
Louisiana, being chiefly alluvion, furnishes only two specimens, sulphuret of antimony, and meteoric iron ore.
From A New Guide for Emigrants to the West by John Mason Peck
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 Mayne Reid
