alluvial deposit

collocation in English

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alluvial
adjective
uk
/əˈluː.vi.əl/us
/əˈluː.vi.əl/
made up of sand and earth left by rivers, ...
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deposit
noun
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/dɪˈpɒz.ɪt/us
/dɪˈpɑː.zɪt/
a substance or layer that is left, usually after a liquid ...
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(Definition ofalluvialanddepositfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Barisal is analluvialdeposit, but the date of its formation is not known.
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This caused a residualalluvialdeposit, which resulted in relatively deep and fertile soils.
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This also shows how open surface water was confined to the alluvial deposits.
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They thought the alluvial deposits to be negligible but quartz mining promised to be profitable.
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Larval breeding is not limited to the periphery of the alluvial deposits but occurs throughout the flooded area outside the mangrove forest.
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Sampling was focused in the floodplains and in the natural depressions on the periphery or outside areas with alluvial deposits.
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Anopheline larvae were never found on the farmland and grasslands around the villages or in the forests near the alluvial deposits.
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Greasy wool was used to trap gold flakes washing past from the alluvial deposits.
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Iridium is also found in secondary deposits, combined with platinum and other platinum group metals in alluvial deposits.
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These large sand dunes are the modern ancestor of alluvial deposits that became shaped and dominated by an exchange of aeolian and fluvial processes.
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The local soil is mainly clayey with some alluvial deposits.
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This is interpreted to be alluvial deposits and/or material that has collapsed or contracted by the removal of ice or water.
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Downstream of the diversions the creek fans out into alluvial deposits.
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This involved the removal of 230,000 tonnes of rock and alluvial deposits.
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The gravels, sandstones and clay were all assoiciated with alluvial deposits.
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The river has been affected by mining in the region with alluvial deposits.
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Local relief is less than 200ft m and much of the bedrock is buried under recent alluvial deposits.
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Alluvial deposits 20to28 in deep cover the site and have protected it from recent activity on the surface.
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Placer gold, that which is found in creekbeds and alluvial deposits, was soon extinguished, and the era of hard rock, deep mining began.
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