Usually means: Accumulation of sediment by rivers.
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▸ noun:  (geology) Increase in land elevation due to the deposition of sediment.

Similar:
accretion, alluvion, atterration, increasement, aggravation, acclivity, upping, reaggravation, accommodation, upgang, more...

Opposite:
degradation, erosion, subsidence

Adjectives:
rapid, vertical, fluvial, alluvial, net, slow, permafrost, progressive, significant, local, coastal

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Similar:
accretion, alluvion, atterration, increasement, aggravation, acclivity, upping, reaggravation, accommodation, upgang, more...

Opposite:
degradation, erosion, subsidence

Adjectives:
rapid, vertical, fluvial, alluvial, net, slow, permafrost, progressive, significant, local, coastal



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