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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 al·lu·vi·um /-viəm/
 沖積層,沖積土

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Al·lu·vi·um n.; pl. E. Alluviums, L. Alluvia   Geol. Deposits of earth, sand, gravel, and other transported matter, made by rivers, floods, or other causes, upon land not permanently submerged beneath the waters of lakes or seas.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 alluvium
      n : clay or silt or gravel carried by rushing streams and
          deposited where the stream slows down [syn: alluvial
           sediment, alluvial deposit, alluvion]
      [also: alluvia (pl)]