alluvion

Plural: alluvions

Noun

• The action of water causing the gradual deposit of sediment.
• gradual formation of new land, by recession of the sea or deposit of sediment
• the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land
• clay or silt or gravel carried by rushing streams and deposited where the stream slows down
• The increase in the area of land due to the deposition of sediment (alluvium) by a river.

Examples

• By a slow alluvion of points, he eventually won the game.

Synonyms

alluvial deposit, alluvial sediment, alluvium, deluge, flood, inundation

Related Words

accession, alluvium