proluvium

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noun

A sediment at the foot of a slope, typically of fractured rock, carried by an occasional torrent

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Meanings

nounproluvium (plural proluvia)

plural proluvia

  1. geographyA sediment at the foot of a slope, typically of fractured rock, carried by an occasional torrent
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