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Alluvium vs Eluvium - What's the difference?

alluvium | eluvium |

As nouns the difference between alluvium and eluvium

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 eluvium is residual deposits of soil, dust and rock particles produced by the action of the wind.

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

    • eluvium

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • Residual deposits of soil, dust and rock particles produced by the action of the wind.

    • References

    * The American Heritage® Dictionary