alluvion

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The Pacific and Atlantic coast strips, even the great but bleak valley of the St. Lawrence, are mere incidents of territorial unity and political control when compared with the great alluvion of the Mississippi.

From The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. IV. (of IV.) by Sloane, William Milligan

Yet the first settlers invariably selected the rich alluvion lands upon the navigable rivers, in preference to the scarcely less fertile soil of the prairies, lying in situations less accessible, and more remote from market.

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

The eastern shore is not less beautiful: a broad flat plain of rich alluvion, extending from the water's edge, is terminated by a range of wooded hills.

From Great Indian Chief of the West Or, Life and Adventures of Black Hawk by Drake, Benjamin

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

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