Aluvium - Meet Alluvium — Alluvium

A general term for clay, silt, sand, gravel or similar unconsolidated detrital material, deposited during comparatively recent geologic time by a stream or other body of running water, as a sorted or semi-sorted sediment.

Alluvium deposits that have been left behind by melting glaciers are known as glacial till Alluvial Soil The fertile soil of alluvium has been of significant importance to the development of humans throughout history.

Today, some of the world's most productive agricultural land is on alluvium, as are many of the world's major urban areas, for example, , Bangkok, , , , and.

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