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title="Allüvi – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Allüvi" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BB%D1%8E%D0%B2%D1%96%D0%B9" title="Алювій – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Алювій" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BB%D1%8E%D0%B2%D1%96%D0%B9" title="Алювій – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Алювій" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bh mw-list-item"><a href="https://bh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%A2%E0%A4%BC" title="जलोढ़ – Bhojpuri" lang="bh" hreflang="bh" data-title="जलोढ़" data-language-autonym="भोजपुरी" data-language-local-name="Bhojpuri" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>भोजपुरी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BB%D1%83%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B9" title="Алувий – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Алувий" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al%C2%B7luvi%C3%B3" title="Al·luvió – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Al·luvió" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naplavenina" title="Naplavenina – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Naplavenina" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llifwaddod" title="Llifwaddod – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Llifwaddod" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alluvium" title="Alluvium – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Alluvium" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%91%CE%BB%CE%BB%CE%BF%CF%8D%CE%B2%CE%B9%CE%B5%CF%82_%CE%B1%CF%80%CE%BF%CE%B8%CE%AD%CF%83%CE%B5%CE%B9%CF%82" title="Αλλούβιες αποθέσεις – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Αλλούβιες αποθέσεις" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluvi%C3%B3n" title="Aluvión – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Aluvión" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluvio" title="Aluvio – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Aluvio" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alubioi" title="Alubioi – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Alubioi" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%81%D8%AA" title="آبرفت – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="آبرفت" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alluvion" title="Alluvion – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Alluvion" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuiltreach" title="Tuiltreach – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Tuiltreach" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%B6%A9%EC%A0%81%EC%B8%B5" title="충적층 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="충적층" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B2%D5%A5%D6%80%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%AF" title="Բերուկ – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Բերուկ" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%A2%E0%A4%BC%E0%A4%95" title="जलोढ़क – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="जलोढ़क" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluvij" title="Aluvij – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Aluvij" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluviono" title="Aluviono – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Aluviono" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluvium" title="Aluvium – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Aluvium" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alluvione" title="Alluvione – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Alluvione" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A1%D7%97%D7%A3" title="סחף – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="סחף" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jv mw-list-item"><a href="https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluvial" title="Aluvial – Javanese" lang="jv" hreflang="jv" data-title="Aluvial" data-language-autonym="Jawa" data-language-local-name="Javanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Jawa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%AE%E0%B3%86%E0%B2%95%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%95%E0%B2%B2%E0%B3%81" title="ಮೆಕ್ಕಲು – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="ಮೆಕ್ಕಲು" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%90%E1%83%9A%E1%83%A3%E1%83%95%E1%83%98%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98" title="ალუვიონი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ალუვიონი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%BB%D1%8E%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B9" title="Аллювий – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Аллювий" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%BB%D1%8E%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B9" title="Аллювий – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="Аллювий" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кыргызча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ltg mw-list-item"><a href="https://ltg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluviskuos_n%C5%ABs%C4%81dys" title="Aluviskuos nūsādys – Latgalian" lang="ltg" hreflang="ltg" data-title="Aluviskuos nūsādys" data-language-autonym="Latgaļu" data-language-local-name="Latgalian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latgaļu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al%C5%ABvijs" title="Alūvijs – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Alūvijs" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aliuvis" title="Aliuvis – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Aliuvis" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hordal%C3%A9k" title="Hordalék – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Hordalék" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antsanga" title="Antsanga – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="Antsanga" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%8E%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%BD%E0%B4%AE%E0%B4%A3%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A3%E0%B5%8D" title="എക്കൽമണ്ണ് – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="എക്കൽമണ്ണ്" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%90%E1%83%9A%E1%83%A3%E1%83%95%E1%83%98%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98" title="ალუვიონი – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="ალუვიონი" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>მარგალური</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluvium" title="Aluvium – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Aluvium" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alluviaal" title="Alluviaal – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Alluviaal" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B2%96%E7%A9%8D%E5%B1%A4" title="沖積層 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="沖積層" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alluvium" title="Alluvium – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Alluvium" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alluvial" title="Alluvial – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Alluvial" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alluvion" title="Alluvion – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Alluvion" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allyuviy" title="Allyuviy – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Allyuviy" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluwium" title="Aluwium – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Aluwium" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluvi%C3%A3o" title="Aluvião – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Aluvião" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluviune" title="Aluviune – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Aluviune" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%BB%D1%8E%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B9" title="Аллювий – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Аллювий" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alluvium" title="Alluvium – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Alluvium" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naplavina" title="Naplavina – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Naplavina" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BB%D1%83%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BD%D0%BE_%D0%B7%D0%B5%D0%BC%D1%99%D0%B8%D1%88%D1%82%D0%B5" title="Алувијално земљиште – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Алувијално земљиште" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluvij" title="Aluvij – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Aluvij" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alluviaali" title="Alluviaali – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Alluviaali" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alluvium" title="Alluvium – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Alluvium" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tg mw-list-item"><a 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dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Loose soil or sediment that is eroded and redeposited in a non-marine setting</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">"Alluvial" redirects here. Not to be confused with <a href="/wiki/Alluvial_(horse)" title="Alluvial (horse)">Alluvial (horse)</a> or <a href="/wiki/Alluvial_diagram" title="Alluvial diagram">Alluvial diagram</a>.</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Riogranderift_sanluisbasin.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Riogranderift_sanluisbasin.png/220px-Riogranderift_sanluisbasin.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="104" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Riogranderift_sanluisbasin.png/330px-Riogranderift_sanluisbasin.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Riogranderift_sanluisbasin.png/440px-Riogranderift_sanluisbasin.png 2x" data-file-width="2280" data-file-height="1074" /></a><figcaption>Alluvium and adjacent constituents </figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:South_Africa-Eastern_Cape-Gamtoos_Valley-Alluvial_Gravel01.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/South_Africa-Eastern_Cape-Gamtoos_Valley-Alluvial_Gravel01.jpg/220px-South_Africa-Eastern_Cape-Gamtoos_Valley-Alluvial_Gravel01.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/South_Africa-Eastern_Cape-Gamtoos_Valley-Alluvial_Gravel01.jpg/330px-South_Africa-Eastern_Cape-Gamtoos_Valley-Alluvial_Gravel01.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/South_Africa-Eastern_Cape-Gamtoos_Valley-Alluvial_Gravel01.jpg/440px-South_Africa-Eastern_Cape-Gamtoos_Valley-Alluvial_Gravel01.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3456" data-file-height="2304" /></a><figcaption>Alluvium deposits in the <a href="/wiki/Gamtoos_River" title="Gamtoos River">Gamtoos Valley</a> in <a href="/wiki/South_Africa" title="South Africa">South Africa</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:AlluvialPlain.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/AlluvialPlain.JPG/220px-AlluvialPlain.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/AlluvialPlain.JPG/330px-AlluvialPlain.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/AlluvialPlain.JPG/440px-AlluvialPlain.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3648" data-file-height="2432" /></a><figcaption>An <a href="/wiki/Alluvial_plain" title="Alluvial plain">alluvial plain</a> in <a href="/wiki/Red_Rock_Canyon_State_Park_(California)" title="Red Rock Canyon State Park (California)">Red Rock Canyon State Park (California)</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Amazon_alluvium_deposit_-_autazes.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Amazon_alluvium_deposit_-_autazes.jpg/220px-Amazon_alluvium_deposit_-_autazes.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="155" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Amazon_alluvium_deposit_-_autazes.jpg/330px-Amazon_alluvium_deposit_-_autazes.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Amazon_alluvium_deposit_-_autazes.jpg/440px-Amazon_alluvium_deposit_-_autazes.jpg 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="528" /></a><figcaption>Alluvial river deposits in the <a href="/wiki/Amazon_Basin" class="mw-redirect" title="Amazon Basin">Amazon Basin</a>, near Autazes, AM, <a href="/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil">Brazil</a>. The seasonal deposits are extremely fertile and crucial to <a href="/wiki/Subsistence_farming" class="mw-redirect" title="Subsistence farming">subsistence farming</a> in the Amazon Basin along the river banks.</figcaption></figure> <p><b>Alluvium</b> (from <a href="/wiki/Latin_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Latin language">Latin</a> <i> <i lang="la"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/alluvius#Latin" class="extiw" title="wikt:alluvius">alluvius</a></i></i>, from <i> <i lang="la"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/alluere#Latin" class="extiw" title="wikt:alluere">alluere</a></i></i> 'to wash against') is loose <a href="/wiki/Clay" title="Clay">clay</a>, <a href="/wiki/Silt" title="Silt">silt</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sand" title="Sand">sand</a>, or <a href="/wiki/Gravel" title="Gravel">gravel</a> that has been deposited by running water in a stream bed, on a <a href="/wiki/Floodplain" title="Floodplain">floodplain</a>, in an <a href="/wiki/Alluvial_fan" title="Alluvial fan">alluvial fan</a> or <a href="/wiki/Beach" title="Beach">beach</a>, or in similar settings.<sup id="cite_ref-dictalluvium_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dictalluvium-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Alluvium is also sometimes called <b>alluvial deposit</b>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Alluvium is typically geologically young and is not <a href="/wiki/Consolidation_(geology)" title="Consolidation (geology)">consolidated</a> into solid rock. <a href="/wiki/Sediments" class="mw-redirect" title="Sediments">Sediments</a> deposited underwater, in seas, <a href="/wiki/Estuaries" class="mw-redirect" title="Estuaries">estuaries</a>, lakes, or ponds, are not described as alluvium.<sup id="cite_ref-dictalluvium_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dictalluvium-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Floodplain alluvium can be highly fertile, and supported some of the earliest human civilizations.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Definitions">Definitions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alluvium&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Definitions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The present <a href="/wiki/Scientific_consensus" title="Scientific consensus">consensus</a> is that "alluvium" refers to loose <a href="/wiki/Sediments" class="mw-redirect" title="Sediments">sediments</a> of all types deposited by running water in <a href="/wiki/Floodplains" class="mw-redirect" title="Floodplains">floodplains</a> or in <a href="/wiki/Alluvial_fans" class="mw-redirect" title="Alluvial fans">alluvial fans</a> or related <a href="/wiki/Landforms" class="mw-redirect" title="Landforms">landforms</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-dictalluvium_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dictalluvium-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAllaby2013"alluvial"_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAllaby2013"alluvial"-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Miller2020_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Miller2020-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, the meaning of the term has varied considerably since it was first defined in the French dictionary of <a href="/wiki/Antoine_Fureti%C3%A8re" title="Antoine Furetière">Antoine Furetière</a>, posthumously published in 1690. Drawing upon concepts from <a href="/wiki/Roman_law" title="Roman law">Roman law</a>, Furetière defined <i><a href="/wiki/Alluvion" class="mw-redirect" title="Alluvion">alluvion</a></i> (the French term for alluvium) as new land formed by deposition of sediments along rivers and seas.<sup id="cite_ref-Miller2020_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Miller2020-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>By the 19th century, the term had come to mean recent sediments deposited by rivers on top of older <i><a href="/wiki/Diluvium" title="Diluvium">diluvium</a></i>, which was similar in character but interpreted as sediments deposited by <a href="/wiki/Noah%27s_flood" class="mw-redirect" title="Noah's flood">Noah's flood</a>. With the rejection by geologists of the concept of a primordial universal flood, the term "diluvium" fell into disfavor and was replaced with "older alluvium". At the same time, the term "alluvium" came to mean all sediment deposits due to running water on plains. The definition gradually expanded to include deposits in estuaries, coasts, and young rock of marine and <a href="/wiki/Fluvial" class="mw-redirect" title="Fluvial">fluvial</a> origin.<sup id="cite_ref-Miller2020_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Miller2020-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Alluvium and diluvium were grouped as <i><a href="/wiki/Colluvium" title="Colluvium">colluvium</a></i> in the late 19th century. "Colluvium" is now generally understood as sediments produced by gravity-driven transport on steep slopes. At the same time, the definition of "alluvium" has switched back to an emphasis on sediments deposited by river action. There continues to be disagreement over what other sediment deposits should be included under the term "alluvium".<sup id="cite_ref-Miller2020_8-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Miller2020-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Age">Age</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alluvium&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Age"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Most alluvium is <a href="/wiki/Quaternary" title="Quaternary">Quaternary</a> in age and is often referred to as "cover" because these sediments obscure the underlying <a href="/wiki/Bedrock" title="Bedrock">bedrock</a>. Most sedimentary material that fills a <a href="/wiki/Sedimentary_basin" title="Sedimentary basin">basin</a> ("basin fill") that is not <a href="/wiki/Lithification" title="Lithification">lithified</a> is typically lumped together as "alluvial".<sup id="cite_ref-EB_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EB-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Alluvium of <a href="/wiki/Pliocene" title="Pliocene">Pliocene</a> age occurs, for example, in parts of Idaho.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Alluvium of late <a href="/wiki/Miocene" title="Miocene">Miocene</a> age occurs, for example, in the valley of the <a href="/wiki/San_Joaquin_River" title="San Joaquin River">San Joaquin River</a>, California.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alluvium&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 12em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alluvial_plain" title="Alluvial plain">Alluvial plain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bay_mud" title="Bay mud">Bay mud</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Braided_stream" class="mw-redirect" title="Braided stream">Braided stream</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Desert_pavement" title="Desert pavement">Desert pavement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eluvium" title="Eluvium">Eluvium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hydraulic_action" title="Hydraulic action">Hydraulic action</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Illuvium" title="Illuvium">Illuvium</a></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alluvium&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist 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