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Sediment vs Alluviation - What's the difference?

sediment | alluviation |

As nouns the difference between sediment and alluviation

is that sediment is sediment while alluviation is the deposition of alluvium (sediment) by a river.

sediment

English

(wikipedia sediment)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A collection of small particles, particularly dirt, that precipitates from a river or other body of water.
    • The Nile delta is composed of sediment that was washed down and deposited at the mouth of the river.

    Hyponyms

    * dregs * grounds * grout * settlings

    Related terms

    * sedimentary * sedimentation

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To deposit material as a sediment.
  • To be deposited as a sediment.

    • Anagrams

    * * * * ---- ==Serbo-Croatian==

    Noun

    • Declension

    {{sh-decl-noun , sedìment, sedimenti , sedimenta, sedimen?ta / sedim?nt? , sedimentu, sedimentima , sediment, sedimente , sedimente, sedimenti , sedimentu, sedimentima , sedimentom, sedimentima }}

    alluviation

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The deposition of alluvium (sediment) by a river