noun
- Plural of diluvium; deposits of sediment, gravel, or other material left by ancient floods or glacial meltwater.
Usage: geology; archaic or technical
Examples
- Geologists studied the diluvia layers to understand the region's glacial history.
- The diluvia deposits revealed evidence of catastrophic flooding in the Pleistocene epoch.
- Ancient diluvia can be found across northern Europe, marking the extent of ice age meltwater.
- The excavation uncovered diluvia mixed with fossils from the last ice age.