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Regolith vs Alluvium - What's the difference?

regolith | alluvium |

As nouns the difference between regolith and alluvium

is that regolith is the layer of loose rock, dust, sand, and soil, resting on the bedrock, that constitutes the surface layer of most dry land on earth, the moon, and other large solid aggregated celestial objects. There can also be sub-marine regolith. while alluvium is soil, clay, silt or gravel deposited by flowing water, as it slows, in a river bed, delta, estuary or flood plain.

regolith

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (geology) The layer of loose rock, dust, sand, and soil, resting on the bedrock, that constitutes the surface layer of most dry land on earth, the moon, and other large solid aggregated celestial objects. There can also be sub-marine regolith.)

    • See also

    * ("regolith" on Wikipedia)

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    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