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s | alluvial |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As an adjective alluvial is

pertaining to the soil deposited by a stream.

As a noun alluvial is

a deposition of sediment over a long period of time by a river; an alluvial layer.

s

Translingual

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Letter

  • The nineteenth letter of the .

    • Symbol

    (wikipedia) (mul-symbol)
  • voiceless alveolar fricative
  • Symbol for second , an SI unit of measurement of time.

    • See also

    (Latn-script) * * (esh) * (dze) * {{Letter , page=S , NATO=Sierra , Morse=ยทยทยท , Character=S , Braille=? }} Image:Latin S.png, Capital and lowercase versions of S , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter S.png, Uppercase and lowercase S in Fraktur Symbols for SI units ----

    alluvial

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Pertaining to the soil deposited by a stream.
  • * 1992 , Anna K. Behrensmeyer & Robert W. Hook, "Paleoenvironmental Contexts and Taphonomic Modes" in, Terrestrial Ecosystems through Time , page 35.
    • Soils are a prominent feature of floodplain environments, and we include them in this section because most of the available information on ancient soils pertains to alluvial examples, aside from those in Quaternary-Recent time.

    Synonyms

    * fluvial

    Derived terms

    * alluvial fan * alluvially * alluvial plain

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A deposition of sediment over a long period of time by a river; an alluvial layer.

    • Usage notes

    * The noun is normally used in the plural by engineers who recover valuable minerals from these layers.

    Related terms

    * alluvium

    See also

    * deltaic ----