Alluvial

==English==
===Etymology===
From , from , from .
===Pronunciation===
* 
===Adjective===
# Pertaining to the soil deposited by a stream.
#* 1992, Anna K. Behrensmeyer & Robert W. Hook, "Paleoenvironmental Contexts and Taphonomic Modes" in, Terrestrial Ecosystems through Time, page 35.
#*: Soils are a prominent feature of floodplain environments, and we include them in this section because most of the available information on ancient soils pertains to alluvial examples, aside from those in Quaternary-Recent time.
====Synonyms====
* fluvial
====Derived terms====
* alluvial fan
* alluvially
* alluvial plain
====Translations====
* Bulgarian: 
* Czech: , 
* Finnish: 
* Italian: 
* Macedonian: 
* Portuguese: 
* Russian: , 
* Scottish Gaelic: 
===Noun===
# A deposition of sediment over a long period of time by a river; an alluvial layer.
====Usage notes====
* The noun is normally used in the plural by engineers who recover valuable minerals from these layers.
====Translations====
* Bulgarian: , 
* Czech: 
* Macedonian: 
===Related terms===
* alluvium
===See also===
* deltaic
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