ALLUVION
\ɐlˈuːvi͡ən], \ɐlˈuːviən], \ɐ_l_ˈuː_v_iə_n]\
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clay or slit or gravel carried by rushing streams and deposited where the stream slows down
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gradual formation of new land, by recession of the sea or deposit of sediment
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Wash or flow of water against the shore or bank.
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An accession of land gradually washed to the shore or bank by the flowing of water. See Accretion.
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basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).