Alluvion

Definition:

  • (n.) Wash or flow of water against the shore or bank.
  • (n.) An overflowing; an inundation; a flood.
  • (n.) Matter deposited by an inundation or the action of flowing water; alluvium.
  • (n.) An accession of land gradually washed to the shore or bank by the flowing of water. See Accretion.