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Illuvium vs Alluvium - What's the difference?

illuvium | alluvium |

As nouns the difference between illuvium and alluvium

is that illuvium is material displaced across a soil profile, from one layer to another, by the action of rainwater while alluvium is soil, clay, silt or gravel deposited by flowing water, as it slows, in a river bed, delta, estuary or flood plain.

illuvium

English

Noun

(en-noun) (wikipedia illuvium)
  • (geology) material displaced across a soil profile, from one layer to another, by the action of rainwater

    • 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