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
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en-noun)
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wikipedia illuvium)
(geology) material displaced across a soil profile, from one layer to another, by the action of rainwater
alluvium
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Noun
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wikipedia alluvium)
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en-noun)
soil, clay, silt or gravel deposited by flowing water, as it slows, in a river bed, delta, estuary or flood plain
