noun
- Plural of alluvial; deposits of clay, silt, sand, and gravel left by flowing water, typically in river valleys and deltas.
Usage: Usually used in plural form or as a mass noun in geological and environmental contexts.
Examples
- The river deposited rich alluvials across the floodplain each spring.
- Farmers prize the alluvials left behind after floods because they enrich the soil.
- Geologists studied the layers of alluvials to understand the region's geological history.
- The delta was built up over millennia by alluvials carried downstream.
- Mining operations in the area extract gold from ancient alluvials.