ALLUVION

flood, inundation, deluge, alluvion

(noun) the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land; “plains fertilized by annual inundations”

alluvion

(noun) gradual formation of new land, by recession of the sea or deposit of sediment

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

alluvion (countable and uncountable, plural alluvions)

(legal) The increase in the area of land due to the deposition of sediment (alluvium) by a river.

Source: Wiktionary

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Al*lu"vi*on, n. Etym: [F. alluvion, L. alluvio, fr. alluere to wash against; ad + luere, equiv. to lavare, to wash. See Lave.]

1. Wash or flow of water against the shore or bank.

2. An overflowing; an inundation; a flood. Lyell.

3. Matter deposited by an inundation or the action of flowing water; alluvium. The golden alluvions are there [in California and Australia] spread over a far wider space: they are found not only on the banks of rivers, and in their beds, but are scattered over the surface of vast plains. R. Cobden.

4. (Law)

Definition: An accession of land gradually washed to the shore or bank by the flowing of water. See Accretion.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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