What is the meaning of alluvion?

Gradual formation of new land, by recession of the sea or deposit of sediment.
The rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land.
- usage: "plains fertilized by annual inundations"
- synonyms: flood, inundation, deluge
Clay or silt or gravel carried by rushing streams and deposited where the stream slows down.
- synonyms: alluvial sediment, alluvial deposit, alluvium

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