Usually means: Deposition of sediment by water.
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▸ noun:  The deposition of alluvium (sediment) by a river.

Similar:
deposit, sedimentation, alluvion, accretion, atterration, Deposition, aggradation, depositation, depositure, allodification, more...

Opposite:
erosion, denudation, depletion

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Similar:
deposit, sedimentation, alluvion, accretion, atterration, Deposition, aggradation, depositation, depositure, allodification, more...

Opposite:
erosion, denudation, depletion



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