alluvium

As a noun alluvium is

soil, clay, silt or gravel deposited by flowing water, as it slows, in a river bed, delta, estuary or flood plain.

As nouns the difference between taxonomy and alluvium

is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while alluvium is soil, clay, silt or gravel deposited by flowing water, as it slows, in a river bed, delta, estuary or flood plain.

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.

As nouns the difference between alluvium and loess

is that alluvium is soil, clay, silt or gravel deposited by flowing water, as it slows, in a river bed, delta, estuary or flood plain while loess is any sediment, dominated by silt, of eolian (wind-blown) origin.

As nouns the difference between alluvium and colluvium

is that alluvium is soil, clay, silt or gravel deposited by flowing water, as it slows, in a river bed, delta, estuary or flood plain while colluvium is a loose accumulation of rock and soil debris at the foot of a slope.

As nouns the difference between alluvium and alluviation

is that alluvium is soil, clay, silt or gravel deposited by flowing water, as it slows, in a river bed, delta, estuary or flood plain while alluviation is the deposition of alluvium (sediment) by a river.

As nouns the difference between alluvium and alluvion

is that alluvium is soil, clay, silt or gravel deposited by flowing water, as it slows, in a river bed, delta, estuary or flood plain while alluvion is the increase in the area of land due to the deposition of sediment (alluvium) by a river.