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Alluvium vs Alluviation - What's the difference?

alluvium | alluviation |

As nouns the difference between alluvium and alluviation

is that alluvium is soil, clay, silt or gravel deposited by flowing water, as it slows, in a river bed, delta, estuary or flood plain while alluviation is the deposition of alluvium (sediment) by a river.

alluvium

English

Noun

(wikipedia alluvium) (en-noun)
  • soil, clay, silt or gravel deposited by flowing water, as it slows, in a river bed, delta, estuary or flood plain

    • alluviation

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The deposition of alluvium (sediment) by a river