ALLUVION

• (noun) clay or silt or gravel carried by rushing streams and deposited where the stream slows down

  synonyms : alluvial deposit , alluvial sediment , alluvium

• (noun) the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land

  "plains fertilized by annual inundations"

  synonyms : deluge , flood , inundation

  The deluge caused severe mudslides. -added by nithi

• (noun) gradual formation of new land, by recession of the sea or deposit of sediment

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