ALLUVION
Scrabble letter values: A1L1L1U1V4I1O1N1 = 11
Definition
- noun gradual formation of new land, by recession of the sea or deposit of sediment.
- noun the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land. — synonyms: flood, inundation, deluge
- noun clay or silt or gravel carried by rushing streams and deposited where the stream slows down. — synonyms: alluvial_sediment, alluvial_deposit, alluvium
Examples
- “plains fertilized by annual inundations”