alluvion
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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
A level-topped bank; the water has cut its way down through the soft alluvion of an elevated plain to the limestone rock at the bottom.
From Lectures on Landscape Delivered at Oxford in Lent Term, 1871 by Ruskin, John
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 Reid, Mayne
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 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
