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.

synoniemen: deluge, flood, inundation.

Nederlands: inundatie, vloed, overstroming
Pools: powódź, wylew

Clay or silt or gravel carried by rushing streams and deposited where the stream slows down.

synoniemen: alluvial deposit, alluvial sediment, alluvium.

Roget 342: land, earth, ground, dry land, terra firma.    continent, mainland, peninsula, chersonese [Fr.], delta; tongue of land, neck of land; isthmus, oasis; promontory etc. (projection) 250; highland etc. (height) 206.    coast, shore, scar, strand, beach; playa; bank, lea; seaboard, seaside, seabank^†, seacoast, seabeach^†; ironbound coast; loom of the land; derelict; innings; alluvium, alluvion^†; ancon.    riverbank, river bank, levee.    soil, glebe, clay, loam, marl, cledge^†, chalk, gravel, mold, subsoil, clod, clot; rock, crag.    acres; real estate etc. (property) 780; landsman^†.    ... meer laten zien

Nederlands: alluvium
Pools: aluwium